{"id":"CVE-2006-0020","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-0020","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:41:52.010Z","title":"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…","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.\"","published":"2006-01-10T21:03:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:19:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-189"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 2000","microsoft/windows 2003 server","microsoft/windows 98","microsoft/windows 98se","microsoft/windows me","microsoft/windows xp"],"epss":{"score":0.19057,"percentile":0.97291,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18729","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18912","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/22976","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18729","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18912","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/22976","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0020","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}