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CVE-2006-0006

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

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4, Media Player 9 on Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP1, and Media Player 10 on XP SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted bitmap (.BMP) file that specifies a size of 0 but contains additional data.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 98Microsoft Windows 98SeMicrosoft Windows Media PlayerMicrosoft Windows MeMicrosoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows 2000Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References