CVE-2006-6288

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Niek Albers Coolplayer: through 216

References

http://coolplayer.cvs.sourceforge.net/coolplayer/Main/stdafx.h?view=log
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051269.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23360
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=31900&release_id=467783
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485547/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485564/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485578/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21396
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4806
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30658
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30861
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30863

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