Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5162
CVE-2006-5162
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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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=6.0 SP2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- securityreason.com/securityalert/1683nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19092nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2039nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0379.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.osvdb.org/29129nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2917nvdNot Applicable
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27900nvdBroken Link
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