CVE-2006-0020 in the critical feed json
An unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millenn…
published 2006-01-10 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0028
- cvss
- 9.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 19.1%
- EPSS 19.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millennium, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code via a crafted WMF file with a manipulated WMF header size, possibly involving an integer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4560, and aka "WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Patch / fix
- securityfocus.com/bid/16516 patch
- secunia.com/advisories/18729 advisory
- kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956 advisory
Exploit prediction
19.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- linuxbox.org http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-189 Numeric Errors
References
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secunia.com
/advisories/18729
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
-
kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/312956
third-party-advisory, patch, us-government-resource
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/16516
vdb-entry, patch
-
linuxbox.org
/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html
mailing-list, exploit, vendor-advisory
-
docs.microsoft.com
/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004
vendor-advisory
-
secunia.com
/advisories/18912
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
-
microsoft.com
/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx
vendor-advisory
-
oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638
vdb-entry, signature
-
osvdb.org
/22976
vdb-entry
-
vupen.com
/english/advisories/2006/0469
vdb-entry
-
us-cert.gov
/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-0020
- NVD CVE-2006-0020
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