CVE-2006-6287

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in AtomixMP3 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in an M3U file.

Published: 2006-12-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6287 is rated High Exploit Risk (72/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.66%, 92th 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-2006-6287

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2873 exploit_db edb 2006-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6287

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 2025-12-08 18.39% 7.66% -10.73%
2 2025-07-23 17.82% 18.39% +0.57%
3 2025-03-30 17.82%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6287

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-2006-6287

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6287

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6287: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6287

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6287

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
atomix_productions atomixmp3 <= 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:atomix_productions:atomixmp3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6287

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