A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable browser or potentially take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error in the HTML Help Control "HHCtrl.ocx" when processing a specially crafted "Image" property, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted Web page.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by H.D.Moore
ChangeLog
2006-07-03 : Initial release
2006-08-08 : Updated Solution
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