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CVE-2006-6442

N/A
Published: December 10, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAol Client Software

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

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.

Affected

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

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)

Mailing Listx_refsource_VIM
Source: [email protected]
http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001173.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051230.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23043
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-69/advisory/
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017357
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454105/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21488
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4904

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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