MEDIUM
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
Published Oct 3, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 35.91%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.1
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 5.5
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
35.91% 0.35912
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.35912
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 (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 35.91% (0.35912) | 98.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 35.36% (0.35357) | 98.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 20.20% (0.20195) | 95.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 15, 2025 | 19.16% (0.19156) | 95.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.22% (0.12221) | 93.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.56% (0.16561) | 91.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.52% (0.11517) | 93.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 23.45% (0.23449) | 96.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | 17.19% (0.17186) | 96.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 19.21% (0.19207) | 96.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2024 | 14.24% (0.14235) | 95.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 14.56% (0.14563) | 95.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 7, 2024 | 12.61% (0.12606) | 94.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 22, 2023 | 13.76% (0.13760) | 95.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 15.86% (0.15858) | 95.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.11% (0.12107) | 94.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2023 | 12.63% (0.12627) | 94.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | 9.52% (0.09519) | 93.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 11.75% (0.11753) | 94.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 29.42% (0.29415) | 97.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 29.42% (0.29415) | 96.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/29129 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENNot Applicable
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/29129 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENNot Applicable | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 3, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 3, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5162
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a