Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0020
CVE-2006-0020
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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Affected products
9- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 5.01 SP4, 5.5 SP2
Patches
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References
11- secunia.com/advisories/18729nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516nvdPatch
- linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18912nvdVendor Advisory
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspxnvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.osvdb.org/22976nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638nvd
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