CVE-2006-6659

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—💥 Exploit

The Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient ActiveX control (ole32.dll) in Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 hang) via crafted HTML.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Base score: 5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 18%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 97
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Outlook - ActiveX Control Remote Internet Explorer Denial of Service (12/18/2006)
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Office Outlook Recipient Control - 'ole32.dll' Denial of Service (12/18/2006)

Affected technologies (3)

Microsoft — IE Microsoft — Outlook Microsoft — Windows XP

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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