Is CVE-2006-0020 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-0020 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-0020?

CVE-2006-0020 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-0020?

CVE-2006-0020 has an EPSS score of 19.06% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2006-0020?

No published fix for CVE-2006-0020 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-0020

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

An unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millennium, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code via a crafted WMF file with a manipulated WMF header size, possibly involving an integer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4560, and aka "WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CWE-189

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

19.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Exploit1

linuxbox.org

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory1

us-cert.gov

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-189 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-1538	High	10.0	99%	-	-
CVE-2006-3747	High	7.6	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-0071	High	9.3	93%	-	-
CVE-2015-3829	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2015-3864	High	10.0	87%	-	-
CVE-2015-1539	High	10.0	86%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.