CVE-2006-3888

Buffer overflow in AOL You've Got Pictures (YGP) Pic Downloader YGPPDownload ActiveX control (AOL.PicDownloadCtrl.1, YGPPicDownload.dll), as used in America Online 9.0 Security Edition, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the SetAlbumName method.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3888 is rated Moderate Risk (57.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.77%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3888

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 19.80% 5.77% -14.03%
2 2026-01-02 17.80% 19.80% +2.00%
3 2025-05-29 17.80%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3888

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3888

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3888

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-3888: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-3888

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3888

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol ygp_pic_downloader_activex_control cpe:2.3:a:aol:ygp_pic_downloader_activex_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3888

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