CVE-2006-4702 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-4702?

CVE-2006-4702 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 13 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the Windows Media Format Runtime in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4 and Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4702?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4702?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4702 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-4702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

• CVE-2008-0015 Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1701 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-5065 Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2011-1268 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1868 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2003 Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qx8c-v492-p6w2.