CVE-2006-5501
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the AOL.PicDownloadCtrl.1 ActiveX control (YGPPicDownload.dll) 9.2.3.0 in America Online (AOL) 9.0 Security Edition allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the downloadFileDirectory property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5502.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5486)
- Published
- October 25, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5486 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- aol / aol
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=430(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22567
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017121
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20745
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4197
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29797
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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