CVE-2006-6396

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in BlazeVideo HDTV Player 2.1, and possibly earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a PLF playlist, a different product than CVE-2006-6199. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.5 is also affected.

Published: 2006-12-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6396 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.82%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +17.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6396

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2880 exploit_db edb 2006-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6396

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 2025-09-18 5.26% 22.82% +17.56%
2 2025-07-27 4.76% 5.26% +0.50%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.76% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6396

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-2006-6396

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6396

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6396: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6396

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6396

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blazevideo hdtv_player <= 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:blazevideo:hdtv_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
blazevideo hdtv_player 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:blazevideo:hdtv_player:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6396

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