CVE-2006-5567

Exp

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in AOL Nullsoft WinAmp before 5.31 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) ultravox-max-msg header to the Ultravox protocol handler or (2) unspecified Lyrics3 tags.

Published: 2006-10-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5567 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 47.00%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.52% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2006-5567

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2708 exploit_db edb 2006-11-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5567

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 2026-04-26 41.48% 47.00% +5.52%
2 2026-02-05 37.45% 41.48% +4.03%
3 2025-11-03 — 37.45% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5567

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5567

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5567

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5567: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5567

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-5567

Solution: Upgrade to 5.31

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5567

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nullsoft winamp 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.24 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5567

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