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 Jan 10, 2006
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 19.06%
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."
Affected products
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- r2
- sp1
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 19.06% (0.19057) | 97.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.06% (0.19057) | 96.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 35.19% (0.35193) | 96.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 30.34% (0.30335) | 96.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 42.86% (0.42856) | 97.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 45.85% (0.45852) | 97.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 49.91% (0.49905) | 97.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 46.93% (0.46927) | 97.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 39.99% (0.39991) | 95.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 46.93% (0.46927) | 97.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 14.95% (0.14955) | 95.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 6.67% (0.06668) | 93.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.02% (0.02019) | 87.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 13.60% (0.13601) | 95.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 13.60% (0.13601) | 95.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 13.60% (0.13601) | 90.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18729 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18912 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/22976 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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