CVE-2006-2766

Ie vulnerability

CVSS

2.6

EPSS

47.9%

EPSS pct

99th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2006-06-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 47.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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