Is CVE-2006-6296 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-6296 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-6296?

CVE-2006-6296 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-6296?

CVE-2006-6296 has an EPSS score of 22.89% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-6296

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

6.1

CVSS v2

NVD

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 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

CWE-399

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

22.89%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

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

References

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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 2026-04-23.