CVE-2006-6442

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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 products

Aol Client Software: 7.0_4114.563, 8.0_4129.230, 9.0

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
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-69/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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30790
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

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