Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) on Windows XP and 2003 via Long URL in .url File

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) on Windows XP and 2003 via Long URL in .url File

CVE-2006-3351 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Buffer overflow in Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) on Windows XP and 2003 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .url file with an InternetShortcut tag containing a long URL and a large number of "file:" specifiers.

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