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Case File

CVE-2006-5162

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 35.83% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2006-5162
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
35.83%
Microsoft

Original Filing — NVD 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.