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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2006-2372 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the DHCP Client service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote…

published 2006-07-11 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2373

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
90.2%
EPSS 90.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the DHCP Client service for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 up to SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DHCP response.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-2054)

Exploit prediction

90.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2054 Microsoft Windows - DHCP Client Broadcast (MS06-036) remote, 2006-07-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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