CVE-2006-6601

N/A Unknown
Published: December 15, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001182.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454505/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5039
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001182.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454505/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5039
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
42.8%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

microsoft windows

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