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CVE-2006-0476

78
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0476 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious playlist (.pls) file containing an excessively long filename in the "File1" field. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite a high attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, multiple public exploit modules exist, including Metasploit and ExploitDB entries, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Winamp Playlist UNC Path Computer Name Overflow · Jan 29, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16531 · Apr 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7499 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,913 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18649
PatchVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/386
securityreason.com / securityalert/398
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24361
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1402
exploit-db.com / exploits/3422
heise.de / newsticker/meldung/68981
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/604745
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 22789
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423436/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423548/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16410
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-032A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0361
winamp.com / player/version_history.php