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CVE-2006-0005
Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and…
High9.3EPSS 38.4%
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- Updated
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- microsoft
Description
Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and set as the default application to handle media files, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML with an EMBED element containing a long src attribute.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.4% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- ADV-2006-0575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 16644 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- win-mediaplayer-plugin-embed-bo(24493) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015628 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#692060 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20060214 Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- MS06-006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1559 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA06-045A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 18852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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