CVE-2006-6296

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

05/12/2006

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large &#39;offered&#39; value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.10 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.10

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp4::fr::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:tablet_pc:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2006-6296

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools