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CVE-2006-6288

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6288 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Niek Albers CoolPlayer 216 and earlier. These flaws, found in handling long song names in playlist files and long button/bitmap names in skin files, could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N), this vulnerability requires local access and has a low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is an ExploitDB entry for a similar stack overflow (EDB-4839), there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 216CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:niek_albers:coolplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4839 · Jan 5, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0660 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

coolplayer.cvs.sourceforge.net / coolplayer/Main/stdafx.h
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051269.html
secunia.com / advisories/23360
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30658
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30861
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30863
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
exploit-db.com / exploits/4839
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485547/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485564/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485578/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21396
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4806
Vendor Advisory