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CVE-2006-6250

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.

Affected products

• Songbird Media Player: through 0.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21343
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30563
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2861
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21343
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30563
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2861

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