CVE-2006-6601 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.1% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a .MID (MIDI) file with a malformed header chunk without any track chunks, possibly involving (1) number of tracks of (2) time division fields that are set to 0.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 18.12% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-12-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows xp |
| windows | media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4/10.0 - MID Malformed Header Chunk Denial of Service | 2006-12-15 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows Media Player 9/10 - '.mid' Denial of Service | 2006-12-15 |
References
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001182.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454505/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5039
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001182.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454505/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5039
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