Signature Detail
Short Name |
HTTP:STC:IE:UTF8-DECODE-OF |
|---|---|
Severity |
High |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
HTTP |
Keywords |
Internet Explorer HTML Decoding Memory Corruption |
Release Date |
2006/06/13 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.0+, isg-3.1.134269+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
HTTP: Internet Explorer HTML Decoding Memory Corruption
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft Internet Explorer. A successful attack could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. Failed exploit attempts could result in a denial of service condition.
Extended Description
Internet Explorer is vulnerable to remote code execution. An attacker could exploit this issue to execute code in the context of the user visiting a malicious web page.
Affected Products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 For Windows 2000
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 For Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 For Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 For Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP3
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP4
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Preview
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta2
References
- BugTraq: 18309
- CVE: CVE-2006-2382
- CVE: CVE-2008-0016
- URL: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2279.txt
- URL: http://home-4.tiscali.nl/~t876506/utf8tbl.html