01 Record
CVE-2006-0005
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 38.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-02-14 19:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-09
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 32ad804567cba00446840e81334dc7d476331736cbbf24724d514f50721b51b5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-0575http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0575
- www.securityfocus.com16644http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16644
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwin-mediaplayer-plugin-embed-bo(24493)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24493
- securitytracker.com1015628http://securitytracker.com/id?1015628
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#692060http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/692060
- www.idefense.com20060214 Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=393
- docs.microsoft.comMS06-006https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-006
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1559https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1559
- www.us-cert.govTA06-045Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html
- secunia.com18852http://secunia.com/advisories/18852