# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cv3r-f243-cvhc

## 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: 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.

## 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:

- Songbird Media Player 0.2 - Format String Denial of Service (PoC) (exploitdb)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-6250 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6250 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6250/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6250/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6250
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6250
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6250

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