VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-5162
wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and crash) via a long Content-Type header, which triggers a stack overflow.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 35.9%
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Description
wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and crash) via a long Content-Type header, which triggers a stack overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 35.91% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.htmlBroken Link
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/29129Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917Not Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900Broken Link
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.htmlBroken Link
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/29129Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917Not Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900Broken Link
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.