CVE-2006-5162

N/A Unknown

Published: October 05, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and crash) via a long Content-Type header, which triggers a stack overflow.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1683

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/29129

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917

Source: cve@mitre.org

Not Applicable

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html