CVE-2006-5162
🗓️ 03 Oct 2006 23:00:00Reported by mitreType 
cve🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov📰️ 2 Media mentions👁 67 Views🌐 WEB
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CVE-2006-5162 | 3 Oct 200623:00 | – | cvelist |
 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 'Content-Type' Stack Overflow Crash | 20 Jul 200600:00 | – | exploitdb |
 | CVE-2006-5162 | 5 Oct 200604:04 | – | nvd |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| osvdb | www.osvdb.org/29129 |
| exploit-db | www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039 |
| vupen | www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917 |
| archives | www.archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.html |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092 |
| exchange | www.exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900 |
| securityreason | www.securityreason.com/securityalert/1683 |
| Parameter | Position | Path | Description | CWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content-Type | header | / | Remote attacker can cause denial of service by sending a long Content-Type header in the HTTP response, triggering a stack overflow in wininet.dll (IE6). |
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16 Jun 2026 22:30Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 25
EPSS0.35912