CVE-2006-6250

high

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2861

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30563

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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