CVE-2006-5162

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 12.41% Top 10%

Third-Party Advisory securityreason.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/29129	vdb entry broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900	vdb entry broken link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039	exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917	vdb entry not applicable
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html	mailing list broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092	exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5162?: CVE-2006-5162 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5162?: To fix CVE-2006-5162, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5162 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5162 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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