CVE-2006-0020

N/A Unknown
Published: January 10, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18729
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18912
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22976
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18729
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18912
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22976
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
35.2%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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