CVE-2006-6601
Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote...
CVE-2006-6601 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Windows Xp, published December 15, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.1%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
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.
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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.
- Record
CVE-2006-6601- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
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CVE-2006-6601- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-6584 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2006-6584- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x938-mpx2-xxg3 No score
Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote...
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.
- Record
GHSA-x938-mpx2-xxg3- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4/10.0 - MID Malformed Header Chunk Denial of Service | 2006-12-15 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Windows Media Player 9/10 - '.mid' Denial of Service | 2006-12-15 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |