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CVE-2006-6250

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to...

7.8 HighPublic exploit

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.

Exploit likelihood

3.36%Down 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.

Record
CVE-2006-6250
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.

Record
CVE-2006-6250
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-6233 No score

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.

Record
EUVD-2006-6233
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cv3r-f243-cvhc No score

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to...

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.

Record
GHSA-cv3r-f243-cvhc
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBSongbird Media Player 0.2 - Format String Denial of Service (PoC)2006-11-28

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2006-6250 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Songbird Media Player, published December 4, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.36%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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