CVE-2006-4868

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

61.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2006-09-19 19:00Z20 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 19:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2006-09-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

610c43b7e3192266497598a3280af4ecd64c6b5f249e3530a2b20d18d2bf2ed7

• blogs.securiteam.comhttp://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/624x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com20060924 Windows VML Vulnerability FAQ (CVE-2006-4868) writtenhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446881/100/200/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securityfocus.com20096http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20096vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securityfocus.com20060920 RE: vml.c - Internet Explorer VML Buffer Overflow Download Exec Exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446523/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securityfocus.com20060920 vml.c - Internet Explorer VML Buffer Overflow Download Exec Exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446505/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.vupen.comADV-2006-3679http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3679vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#416092http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/416092third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925568.mspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.microsoft.com925486http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925486vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
• secunia.com21989http://secunia.com/advisories/21989third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securityfocus.comSSRT061254http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448552/100/0/threadedvendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• docs.microsoft.comMS06-055https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-055vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.us-cert.govTA06-262Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-262A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• www.securityfocus.com20060920 Internet Explorer VML Zero-Day Mitigationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446528/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.osvdb.org28946http://www.osvdb.org/28946vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• securitytracker.com1016879http://securitytracker.com/id?1016879vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• sunbeltblog.blogspot.comhttp://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-being.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com20060926 Windows VML security update MS06-055 releasedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447070/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securityfocus.com20060919 Yet another 0day for IEhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446378/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:100https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comie-vml-bo(29004)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29004vdb-entryx_refsource_XF