CVE-2006-2297
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Infotech Storage System Library (itss.dll) allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 19.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Infotech Storage System Library (itss.dll) allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM / ITS file that triggers the overflow while decompiling.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Infotech Storage Library - Heap Corruption (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27850dos, windowspublished 9 May 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.5% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 17926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1761 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 886 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20061 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060509 [Reversemode] Microsoft Infotech Storage library Heap Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060512 Re: [Reversemode] Microsoft Infotech Storage library Heap Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.reversemode.com/advisories/advisory-itss.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ms-itssdll-chm-bo(26340) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25501 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060510 Re: [Reversemode] Microsoft Infotech Storage library Heap Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2298 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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