CVE-2006-0025 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 9 and 10. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PNG image containing an excessively large chunk size. With a CVSS score of 9.3, the vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.