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low 2.6

CVE-2006-2766 json

Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possi…

published 2006-06-02 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2763

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
47.9%
EPSS 47.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27930)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

47.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27930 Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 - MHTML URI Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2006-05-31
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18198 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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