{"id":"CVE-2006-1591","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-1591","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:48:12.809Z","title":"Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file.","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file.","published":"2006-04-03T10:04:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:23:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/windows 2000","microsoft/windows 2003 server","microsoft/windows nt","microsoft/windows xp"],"epss":{"score":0.07106,"percentile":0.94196,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044748.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/700","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.open-security.org/advisories/15","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430871/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17325","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25573","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044748.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/700","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.open-security.org/advisories/15","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430871/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17325","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25573","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1591","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."}