CVE-2006-6250 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Songbird Media Player by tricking users into opening a malicious M3U playlist file containing extended ASCII characters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-6250?
CVE-2006-6250 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 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
Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6250?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Songbird Songbird Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6250?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6250 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-2006-6250 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6250 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cv3r-f243-cvhc.