CVE-2006-0006

Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 < 10 - '.BMP' Heap Overflow (PoC) (MS06-005)

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-11-09 CVE Reserved
2006-02-14 CVE Published
2006-02-15 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/423	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291396	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424983/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425158/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-045A.html	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24488	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1256	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1578	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1598	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1661	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1500	2006-02-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1502	2006-02-16
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16633	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18835	2018-10-19
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015627	2018-10-19
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060214.html	2018-10-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0574	2018-10-19
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-005	2018-10-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Media Player Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player"				7.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player" and version "7.1"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Media Player Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player"				9 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player" and version "9"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Media Player Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player"				10 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Media Player" and version "10"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2000 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2000"				*		sp4, fr		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 2003 Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 2003 Server" and version "r2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 98 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98"				*		gold		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 98se Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98se"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Me Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Me"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp1, tablet_pc		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"				*		sp2, tablet_pc		Affected