CVE-2006-6442

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SetClientInfo function in the CDDBControlAOL.CDDBAOLControl ActiveX control (cddbcontrol.dll), as used in America Online (AOL) 7.0 4114.563, 8.0 4129.230, and 9.0 Security Edition 4156.910, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ClientId argument.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30790

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4904

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21488

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454105/100/0/threaded

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017357

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-69/advisory/

http://secunia.com/advisories/23043

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051230.html

http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001173.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-10

Updated: 2018-10-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical