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critical 9.3

CVE-2006-0006 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4, Media Player 9 on Wi…

published 2006-02-14 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0014

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
49.6%
EPSS 49.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-1500)

Exploit prediction

49.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1502 Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 < 10 - '.BMP' Heap Overflow (MS06-005) (2) remote, 2006-02-16
  • EDB-1500 Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 < 10 - '.BMP' Heap Overflow (PoC) (MS06-005) (1) dos, 2006-02-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16633 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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