CVE-2006-0005

Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in...

9.3 HighPublic exploit

Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in browsers other than Internet Explorer and set as the default application to handle media files, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML with an EMBED element containing a long src attribute.

Exploit likelihood

38.4%Down 24.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2006-0005
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2006-0005
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2006-0013 No score

Record: EUVD-2006-0013
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6h2j-xchg-wcx8 No score

Buffer overflow in the plug-in for Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10, when used in...

Record: GHSA-6h2j-xchg-wcx8
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) (Metasploit)	2006-02-17
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006)	2006-02-17
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows Media Player - Plugin Overflow (MS06-006) (3)	2006-02-22

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-0005 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Windows-nt, published February 14, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.4%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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