CVE-2006-6442

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2006-6442 · Published 10/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6442 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting aol client software (aol).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.5%, higher than 92.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
aol client software aol	`= 7.0_4114.563= 8.0_4129.230= 9.0`	No fix 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.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

aol client software

aol

= 7.0_4114.563= 8.0_4129.230= 9.0

No fix yet

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