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CVE-2006-2766
Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and…
Low2.6EPSS 47.9%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 47.9% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- 20060531 Internet explorer Vulnerbility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#891204 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20384 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2088 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ie-mhtml-mid-bo(26810) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:441 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1016654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060601 Re: Internet explorer Vulnerbility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MS06-043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- TA06-220A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 18198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060601 RE: Internet explorer Vulnerbility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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