Windows Media Player <= 10.00.00.4036 Long Playlist DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3817

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running Microsoft Media Player.

There is a flaw in this version of Media Player that would allow a remote attacker to crash the application. The flaw is in the way that Media Player parses long playlist files. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince a user to open a malicious playlist file.

Solution

Upgrade to a version of Windows Media Player higher than 10.00.00.4036.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3817

Family: Web Clients

Published: 11/22/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:windows_media_player

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6134

BID: 21247

Detections

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