CVE-2006-0544 in the critical feed json
urlmon.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2 (aka 7.0.5296.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application cra…
published 2006-02-04 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0551
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 21.7%
- EPSS 21.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
urlmon.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 beta 2 (aka 7.0.5296.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a BGSOUND element with its SRC attribute set to "file://" followed by a large number of "-" (dash of hyphen) characters.
Timeline
- Published
- First public exploit (EDB-1475)
Exploit prediction
21.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-1475 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 2 - 'urlmon.dll' Denial of Service dos, 2006-02-07
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16463 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
References
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/16463
vdb-entry, exploit
- security-protocols.com /advisory/sp-x23-advisory.txt
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-0544
- NVD CVE-2006-0544
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