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CVE-2006-2766

2.6
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
70.21%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

Buffer overflow in INETCOMM.DLL, as used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 through 6.0 SP2, Windows Explorer, Outlook Express 6, and possibly other programs, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long mhtml URI in the URL value in a URL file.

Published: 6/2/2006
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

2.6

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

70.21%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 70.21% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other