CVE-2006-3440

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in the Winsock API in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "Winsock Hostname Vulnerability."

Buffer overflow in the Winsock API in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka "Winsock Hostname Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft windows

First reported 18 years ago

2006-08-09 01:04:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:40:00

Affected Software

Microsoft windows xp_sp1 tablet_pc

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 tablet_pc

References

21394

1016653

VU#908276

Patch, US Government Resource

19319

TA06-220A

Patch, US Government Resource

ADV-2006-3211

MS06-041

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:747

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