CVE-2006-6442
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6425)
- Published
- December 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6425 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- aol / aol client software
- aol / aol client software
- aol / aol client software
References
- http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001173.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051230.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23043(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-69/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017357
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454105/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21488
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4904(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30790
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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