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CVE-2006-6288
Multiple buffer overflows in Niek Albers CoolPlayer 216 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a playlist…
Medium4.6EPSS 7.0%
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Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Niek Albers CoolPlayer 216 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a playlist file with long song names, because of an overflow in the CPL_AddPrefixedFile function in CPI_Playlist.c; (2) a skin file with long button names, because of an overflow in the main_skin_check_ini_value function in skin.c; and (3) a skin file with long bitmap filenames, because of an overflow in the main_skin_open function in skin.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- coolplayer-mainskinopen-bo(30863) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23360 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://coolplayer.cvs.sourceforge.net/coolplayer/Main/stdafx.h?view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061213 Coolplayer buffer overflow vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=31900&release_id=467783 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20071227 Re: TotalPlayer 3.0 .m3u crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4839 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20071227 Re: Re: TotalPlayer 3.0 .m3u crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- coolplayer-mainskincheck-bo(30861) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20071227 Re: Re: Re: TotalPlayer 3.0 .m3u crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- coolplayer-unspecified-bo(30658) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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