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CVE-2006-7157
Buffer overflow in Google Earth v4.0.2091 (beta) allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a KML or…
High7.1EPSS 7.5%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Google Earth v4.0.2091 (beta) allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a KML or KMZ file with a long href element.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% 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: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061012 Google Earth (kml & kmz files) buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1660/exploit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2375 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20061012 Google Earth (kml & kmz files) buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- google-earth-kml-kmz-bo(29502) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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