{"cve":"CVE-2006-3942","nvd":{"published":"2006-07-31T23:04:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:28:07.567","status":"Modified","description":"The server driver (srv.sys) in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an SMB_COM_TRANSACTION SMB message that contains a string without null character termination, which leads to a NULL dereference in the ExecuteTransaction function, possibly related to an \"SMB PIPE,\" aka the \"Mailslot DOS\" vulnerability.  NOTE: the name \"Mailslot DOS\" was derived from incomplete initial research; the vulnerability is not associated with a mailslot.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/07/28/443837.aspx","http://secunia.com/advisories/21276","http://securitytracker.com/id?1016606","http://securitytracker.com/id?1017035","http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=562&idxseccion=10"],"products":["microsoft:windows_2000","microsoft:windows_2003_server","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:44.451428143+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-3942","score":0.75027,"percentile":0.99508,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}