CVE-2006-6296: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2006-12-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.