CVE-2006-3730
Improper Control of Generation of Code
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Integer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a 0x7fffffff argument to the setSlice method on a WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX object, which leads to an invalid memory copy.
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Key data
CVSS 3.1 High 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: Required
A user has to do something first, such as opening a file or following a link.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. |
| User interaction | Required | A user has to do something first, such as opening a file or following a link. |
| Scope | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.63568 (63.6% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.2%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA assessment as of Feb 25, 2026
- Exploitation
- Public proof of concept recorded by CISA
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code
References
- 1016941 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- TA06-283A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- TA06-270A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- MS06-057 (docs.microsoft.com)vendor-advisory
- SSRT061264 (securityfocus.com)vendor-advisory
- VU#753044 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- 20060927 Exploit module available for WebViewFolderIcon setSlice 0-day (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:339 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1742
- ie-webviewfoldericon-dos(27804) (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com)vdb-entry
- 20060929 Determina zero-day fix for CVE-2006-3730 (WebViewFolderIcon setSlice Integer Overflow) (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- 20060930 setSlice exploited in the wild - massively (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- riosec.com/msie-setslice-vuln
- 27110 (osvdb.org)vdb-entry
- 19030 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-2882 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-18-webviewfoldericon-s…
- 2440 (exploit-db.com)exploit
- 20060930 ZERT patch for setSlice() (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- 22159 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
Timeline
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- Record published
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