CVE-2006-6601 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Windows Media Player by tricking users into opening a malformed MIDI file.
- 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-2006-6601?
CVE-2006-6601 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 15 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
Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a .MID (MIDI) file with a malformed header chunk without any track chunks, possibly involving (1) number of tracks of (2) time division fields that are set to 0.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6601?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp, Windows Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6601?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6601 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-6601 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6601 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x938-mpx2-xxg3.