TI-2006-00021 Aliases CVE-2006-0025 GHSA-xg7m-r4cx-cq66

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote…

HIGH 71CWE-119Published 2006-06-13 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.48723 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:::::::*	9	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:10:::::::*	10	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0025
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xg7m-r4cx-cq66

References

Patch 1

20060613 Windows Media Player PNG Chunk Decoding Stack-Based Buffer Overflow

Advisory 3

Other 8

TI-2004-00538 Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2006-00006 Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2008-02162 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2007-06107 Stack-based buffer overflow in mplayer2.exe in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2003-00212 Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2010-02999 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac25_32.ax in Microsoft… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

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Sources

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