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CVE-2006-0005

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2006-02-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows-NtMicrosoft Windows 2000 Advanced ServerMicrosoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Windows 2000Microsoft Windows 2003 ServerMicrosoft Windows Server 2000

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References