THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-6442
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6442

Aol Client Software vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.4%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Aol
Affected product
Aol Client Software
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2006-12-10

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-6442

  • Confirm whether Aol Aol Client Software is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6442.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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