CVE-2006-0006

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
71.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: February 14, 2006 (7393 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4, Media Player 9 on Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP1, and Media Player 10 on XP SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted bitmap (.BMP) file that specifies a size of 0 but contains additional data.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft windows media playermicrosoft windows 2000microsoft windows 2003 servermicrosoft windows 98microsoft windows 98semicrosoft windows memicrosoft windows xp

References

🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.eeye.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org