CVE-2006-6134
Heap-based buffer overflow in the WMCheckURLScheme function in WMVCORE.DLL in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 10.00.00.4036 on…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 44.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the WMCheckURLScheme function in WMVCORE.DLL in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 10.00.00.4036 on Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long HREF attribute, using an unrecognized protocol, in a REF element in an ASX PlayList file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 44.1% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References15
- 1017354 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-274.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MS06-078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- VU#208769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 22971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061122 Windows Media ASX PlayList File Denial Of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- TA06-346A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:669 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061122.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SSRT061288 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/07/public-proof-of-concept-code-for-asx-file-format-isssue.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061205 eEye's Zero-Day Tracker Launch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-6117 (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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