A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer,which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerablebrowser or potentially take complete control of an affected system.This flaw is due to a memory corruption error in the HTML Help Control"HHCtrl" when processing a specially crafted property, which could beexploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or executearbitrary commands by convincing a user to visit a specially craftedWeb page.
Affected Products
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 (Itanium)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
