CVE-2006-6251

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in VUPlayer 2.44 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an M3U file, aka an "M3U UNC Name" attack.

Published: 2006-12-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6251 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 78.55%, 99th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-6251

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16617 exploit_db edb 2010-11-11 Exploit-DB ↗
2870 exploit_db edb 2006-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
2872 exploit_db edb 2006-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6251

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 2025-09-14 78.88% 78.55% -0.33%
2 2025-07-23 77.09% 78.88% +1.79%
3 2025-03-30 — 77.09% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6251

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6251

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6251

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6251: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6251

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6251

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vuplayer vuplayer <= 2.44 cpe:2.3:a:vuplayer:vuplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6251

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