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CVE-2006-0006

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 49.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2
• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
• Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 7.1, 9, 10
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18835
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/423
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015627
• http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060214.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291396
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424983/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425158/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16633
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0574
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24488

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