CVE-2006-0006Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4, Media Player 9 on…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 49.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 < 10 - '.BMP' Heap Overflow (MS06-005) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1502remote, windowspublished 16 Feb 2006Verified
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 < 10 - '.BMP' Heap Overflow (PoC) (MS06-005) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1500dos, windowspublished 15 Feb 2006Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 49.6% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References16
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1578 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0574 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060214 [EEYEB-20051017] Windows Media Player BMP Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16633 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- TA06-045A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1015627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#291396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060214.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060215 Windows Media Player BMP Heap Overflow (MS06-005) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- win-media-player-bmp-bo(24488) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MS06-005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 18835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0014 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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