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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-0005

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…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 38.7%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
38.67% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/windows-nt · microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2000 advanced server · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows server 2000 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows xp
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.