CVE-2006-7157

Exp

Buffer overflow in Google Earth v4.0.2091 (beta) allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a KML or KMZ file with a long href element.

Published: 2007-03-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-7157 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.02%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-7157

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28785 exploit_db edb 2006-09-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7157

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 2025-10-24 6.76% 7.02% +0.26%
2 2025-03-30 5.53% 6.76% +1.23%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.53% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-7157

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-7157

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-7157

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google earth 4.0.2091 cpe:2.3:a:google:earth:4.0.2091:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-7157

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