CVE-2006-3869 | Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 on Win 2000 HTTP 1.1 Compression heap-based overflow (VU#821156 / ID 100037)
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 on Win 2000. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP 1.1 Compression Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3869. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to disable the affected component.