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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2006-2376 Detail

Current Description

Integer overflow in the PolyPolygon function in Graphics Rendering Engine on Microsoft Windows 98 and Me allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Windows Metafile (WMF) or EMF image with a sum of entries in the vertext counts array and number of polygons that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.


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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20631 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1094 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016286 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/909508 CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.osvdb.org/26431 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436950/100/0/threaded CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18322 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-164A.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2324 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Vendor Advisory 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-026 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26815 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2376
NVD Published Date:
06/13/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation