CVE-2006-5162

wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and crash) via a long Content-Type header, which triggers a stack overflow.

Exploit likelihood

36.5%Up 7.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2006-5162
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2006-5162
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2006-5147 No score

Record: EUVD-2006-5147
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xm35-26jx-2h5x No score

wininet.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a...

Record: GHSA-xm35-26jx-2h5x
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

microsoft internet explorer

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 'Content-Type' Stack Overflow Crash	2006-07-20

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-5162 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published October 3, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 36.5%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.