CVE-2006-6442 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2006-6442

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SetClientInfo function in the CDDBControlAOL.CDDBAOLControl...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SetClientInfo function in the CDDBControlAOL.CDDBAOLControl ActiveX control (cddbcontrol.dll), as used in America Online (AOL) 7.0 4114.563, 8.0 4129.230, and 9.0 Security Edition 4156.910, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ClientId argument.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

aol client software
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0_4114.563, 8.0_4129.230, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 10th, 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.