CVE-2006-0476

Exp

Buffer overflow in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a playlist (pls) file with a long file name (File1 field).

Published: 2006-01-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0476 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 74.51%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0476

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16531 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
3422 exploit_db edb 2007-03-07 Exploit-DB ↗
1460 exploit_db edb 2006-01-31 Exploit-DB ↗
1458 exploit_db edb 2006-01-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0476

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 88.57% 74.51% -14.07%
2 2025-03-30 89.07% 88.57% -0.50%
3 2025-03-29 89.07%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0476

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0476

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0476

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nullsoft winamp 5.12 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0476

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18649 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/386
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/398
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015552
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/68981
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/604745 US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/22789
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423436/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423548/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16410
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-032A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0361
http://www.winamp.com/player/version_history.php
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24361
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1402
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3422
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