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CVE-2006-5567

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5567 describes multiple heap-based buffer overflows in AOL Nullsoft WinAmp versions prior to 5.31. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a user's system through crafted Ultravox protocol headers or unspecified Lyrics3 tags, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, a Proof-of-Concept for a denial-of-service exploit exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2708 · Nov 3, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1348 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
PatchVendor Advisory
labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22580
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29804
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29807
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15686
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/449092
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/20744
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4196
winamp.com / player/version_history.php