CVE-2006-7157
Buffer overflow in Google Earth v4.0.2091 (beta) allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a KML or…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 7.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in Google Earth v4.0.2091 (beta) allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a KML or KMZ file with a long href element.
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
- Google Earth 4.0.2091 (Beta) - '.KML'/'.KMZ' Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28785dos, windowspublished 14 Sept 2006Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061012 Google Earth (kml & kmz files) buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1660/exploit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 2375 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20061012 Google Earth (kml & kmz files) buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- google-earth-kml-kmz-bo(29502) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2006-7139 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-7157)Record last updated .