CVE-2006-5162 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the browser by sending a specially crafted, excessively long Content-Type header, leading to a stack overflow within wininet.dll. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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