CVE-2006-6442
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SetClientInfo function in the CDDBControlAOL.CDDBAOLControl ActiveX control (cddbcontrol.dll), as used…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 5.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- ADV-2006-4904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061211 Secunia Research: AOL CDDBControl ActiveX Control"SetClientInfo()" Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- aol-cddbcontrol-bo(30790) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20061211 Secunia Research: AOL CDDBControl ActiveX Control "SetClientInfo()" Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-69/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20061211 GraceNote CDDBControl (CVE-2006-3134) = CDDBAOLControl (CVE-2006-6442) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_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-2006-6425 (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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