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CVE-2006-0025
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image…
High9.3EPSS 48.7%
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- microsoft
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large chunk size.
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)
- 48.7% · top 1.1% 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 20626 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- win-media-player-png-bo(26788) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- TA06-164A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20060613 Windows Media Player PNG Chunk Decoding Stack-Based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 1016284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1807 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 26430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MS06-024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#608020 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2322 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1805 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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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