{"id":"CVE-2006-0544","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-0544","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:57.655Z","title":"urlmon.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2 (aka 7.0.5296.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a BGSOUND element with its SRC attribute set to \"file://\" followed by…","description":"urlmon.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2 (aka 7.0.5296.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a BGSOUND element with its SRC attribute set to \"file://\" followed by a large number of \"-\" (dash of hyphen) characters.","published":"2006-02-04T02:02:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:20:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/ie"],"epss":{"score":0.21718,"percentile":0.97618,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-02-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1475,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 2 - 'urlmon.dll' Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1475","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/1475.html","file":"exploits/windows/dos/1475.html","published":"2006-02-07","added":"2006-02-06","updated":"2016-06-21","author":"Tom Ferris","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-22948","CVE-2006-0544"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.commsie7b2.exe","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x23-advisory.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16463","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x23-advisory.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16463","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0544","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."}