CVE-2006-6288
Multiple buffer overflows in Niek Albers CoolPlayer 216 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a playlist file with long song names, because of an overflow in the CPL_AddPrefixedFile function in CPI_Playlist.c; (2) a skin file with long button names, because of an overflow in the main_skin_check_ini_value function in skin.c; and (3) a skin file with long bitmap filenames, because of an overflow in the main_skin_open function in skin.c.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.0% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6271)
- Published
- December 4, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6271 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- niek albers / coolplayer
References
- http://coolplayer.cvs.sourceforge.net/coolplayer/Main/stdafx.h?view=log
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051269.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23360
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=31900&release_id=467783
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485547/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485564/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485578/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21396
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4806(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30658
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30861
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30863
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4839
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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