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high 7.8

CVE-2006-6250 json

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3…

published 2006-12-04 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6233

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2861)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2861 Songbird Media Player 0.2 - Format String Denial of Service (PoC) dos, 2006-11-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21343 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

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