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CVE-2006-6601

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6601 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 on Windows XP SP2. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to crash the application by opening a specially crafted .MID (MIDI) file with a malformed header and missing track chunks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.00.00.4036CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:windows:media_player:10.00.00.4036:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2935 · Dec 15, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1797 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2006-December/001182.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/454505/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21612
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/5039
Vendor Advisory