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CVE-2006-6442

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6442 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the CDDBControlAOL.CDDBAOLControl ActiveX control (cddbcontrol.dll) affecting America Online (AOL) versions 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0 Security Edition. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted, long ClientId argument. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0_4114.563CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:7.0_4114.563:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0_4129.230CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:8.0_4129.230:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:aol_client_software:9.0:*:security_4156.910:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0543 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2006-December/001173.html
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051230.html
secunia.com / advisories/23043
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2006-69/advisory
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30790
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454105/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21488
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4904
Vendor Advisory