{"cve":"CVE-2006-6296","nvd":{"published":"2006-12-05T11:28:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:32:52.053","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20051116.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/23196","http://securitytracker.com/id?1017330","http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914617"],"products":["microsoft:windows_2000","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-6296","score":0.21976,"percentile":0.97659,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}