CVE-2006-5162 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 36.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 36.49% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-10-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 'Content-Type' Stack Overflow Crash | 2006-07-20 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683
- http://www.osvdb.org/29129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683
- http://www.osvdb.org/29129
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039
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