THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-0025
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-0025

Windows Media Player vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
48.7%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large chunk size.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Media Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2006-06-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 48.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-0025

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0025.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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