CVE-2006-0720

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12 and 5.13 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .m3u file that causes an incorrect strncpy function call when the player pauses or stops the file.

Published: 2006-02-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0720 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.30%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2006-0720

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26245 exploit_db edb 2013-06-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0720

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 13.91% 10.30% -3.60%
2 2025-03-30 26.54% 13.91% -12.63%
3 2025-03-29 26.54%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0720

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-2006-0720

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0720

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nullsoft winamp 5.12 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.13 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0720

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