CVE-2006-4702

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the Windows Media Format Runtime in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4 and Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: gold, sp1
Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 6.4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017372
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-274.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21505
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-078
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A536
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017372
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-274.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454969/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21505
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-346A.html

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