CVE-2006-6797
The Client Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read arbitrary memory from csrss.exe via crafted arguments to the NtRaiseHardError function with status 0x50000018, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6696.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 7.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6780)
- Published
- December 28, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6780 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows xp
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows XP Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 989 - historical
- Windows XP Enhanced DSS and Diffie-Hellman Cryptographic Provider (DSSENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 990 - historical
- Microsoft Windows 2003 and Microsoft Windows XP - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0131-2005 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23491
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2086
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017454
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740636(US Government Resource)
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=2
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=43
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455365/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5197
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31176
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2013
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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