CVE-2006-6601

Description

Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a .MID (MIDI) file with a malformed header chunk without any track chunks, possibly involving (1) number of tracks of (2) time division fields that are set to 0.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 43.32% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454505/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5039 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2006-December/001182.html mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21612 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6601?
CVE-2006-6601 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6601?
To fix CVE-2006-6601, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6601 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6601 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~43% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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