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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-5162
wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/29129
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683
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Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 5.0.1, 5.5, 6.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 3rd, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.