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CVE-2006-6296

N/A

Published: December 5, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows 2000

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 22%

Description

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows 2000 · Microsoft

95%

sp4

Windows Xp · Microsoft

95%

sp1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20051116.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/23196

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017330

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914617

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21401

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4827

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30717

CVSS

6.1MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

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