CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-6659

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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 v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

16.20%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.