Windows Media Player plugin EMBED buffer overflow

Added: 02/16/2006 CVE: CVE-2006-0005 BID: 16644 OSVDB: 23132 Background The Windows Media Player plug-in allows the processing of embedded media from inside other applications, such as web browsers. Problem A buffer overflow in the Windows Media Player plug-in allows remote command execution when...

CVE-2006-0005

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 and 10 plug-in when utilized by non-Microsoft browsers (such as Firefox or Opera) and configured as the default application for media files. The root cause is a failure to properly check the boundaries of resourc...