Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.359 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.359 · newest: 0.359 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.5
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.osvdb.org/29129 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917 (vdb-entry, Not Applicable)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html (mailing-list, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1683 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-5162?
- CVE-2006-5162 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2006-10-05.
- Is CVE-2006-5162 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.