CVE-2006-7210
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cpu consumption) via a PNG image with…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 25.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cpu consumption) via a PNG image with crafted (1) Width and (2) Height values in the IHDR block.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Windows - '.png' IHDR Block Denial of Service (PoC) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2210dos, windowspublished 18 Aug 2006Verified
- Microsoft Windows - '.png' IHDR Block Denial of Service (PoC) (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2204dos, windowspublished 17 Aug 2006Verified
- Microsoft Windows - '.png' IHDR Block Denial of Service (PoC) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2194dos, windowspublished 16 Aug 2006Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 2204 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 2210 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 2194 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.1% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 2204 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 19520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 2210 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 2194 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.xsec.org/index.php?module=Releases&act=view&type=1&id=6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2006-7189 (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-2006-7210)Record last updated .