Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player Plugin for Web Browsers
CVE-2006-0005

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Key Information:

Vendor: Microsoft
Status: Windows 2003 Server; Windows Server 2003; Windows Xp; Windows 2000
Vendor: CVE Published:; 14 February 2006

What is CVE-2006-0005?

A buffer overflow exists in the plugin for Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 9 and 10, particularly when it is used in web browsers other than Internet Explorer. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a user's system by crafting an HTML page with an EMBED element that contains a excessively long src attribute. Users who have set Windows Media Player as the default application for handling media files are at risk when visiting these malicious sites.

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