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    CVE-2006-0020

    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."

    Published:Jan 10, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jan 10, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.35193
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 2000
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 2003 Server
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 98
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 98se
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Me
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows Xp

    Exploits

    http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.htmlhttp://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18729
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18912
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx
    http://www.osvdb.org/22976
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638
    http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-January/002828.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18729
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18912
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312956
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx
    http://www.osvdb.org/22976
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16516
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0469
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-004
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1638

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High