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critical 9.3

CVE-2006-0005 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and se…

published 2006-02-14 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0013

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
38.4%
EPSS 38.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and set as the default application to handle media files, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML with an EMBED element containing a long src attribute.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-1505)

Exploit prediction

38.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1520 Microsoft Windows Media Player - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) (3) remote, 2006-02-22
  • EDB-1505 Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) remote, 2006-02-17
  • EDB-1504 Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) (Metasploit) remote, 2006-02-17

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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