CVE-2006-0020
An unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millennium, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millennium, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code via a crafted WMF file with a manipulated WMF header size, possibly involving an integer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4560, and aka "WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 19.06% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows 98se · microsoft/windows me · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 19.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18729Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18912Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspxVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/22976
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638
- http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18729Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18912Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspxVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/22976
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.