CVE-2006-0005

Critical

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 remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML with an EMBED element containing a long src attribute.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedFeb 14, 2006
First seenFeb 14, 2006

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_2000No range specified—
microsoft windows-ntdatacenter_server, xp, xp_tablet_pc—
microsoft windows_2000_advanced_serverNo range specified, sp1, sp2, sp3, sp4—
microsoft windows_2003_serverdatacenter_edition, datacenter_edition_64-bit, enterprise_edition, enterprise_edition_64-bit, standard, standard_64-bit, web_edition—
microsoft windows_server_2000none, sp1, sp2, sp3—
microsoft windows_server_2003datacenter_sp1, enterprise_sp1, standard_sp1, web_edition_sp1—
microsoft windows_xpNo range specified—

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