CVE-2006-6601

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Published Dec 15, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 18.6% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:windows:media_player:10.00.00.4036:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 18.6% (18.577% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Xp

Windows Media Player

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 15, 2006, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:33 PM
Reserved: Dec 15, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 15, 2006, 10:28 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM

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