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CVE-2006-6296
The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows…
Medium6.1EPSS 22.0%
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- mitre
Description
The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.1 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.0% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- windows-printspooler-dos(30717) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1017330 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20051116.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2879 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- VU#914617 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4827 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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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