CVE-2006-6539

Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp Web Interface (Wawi) 7.5.13 and earlier (1) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an (a) long username or a (b) crafted packet to the FindBasicAuth function in security.cpp, related to the /browse URI; and allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long path string in the (2) Browse, (3) CControl::Download, and (4) CControl::Load functions, related to the file parameter in the /dl URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-12-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6539 is rated High Risk (73.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.62%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6539

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 2025-08-02 17.67% 17.62% -0.06%
2 2025-03-30 19.39% 17.67% -1.72%
3 2025-03-29 — 19.39% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6539

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6539

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6539

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6539: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6539

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6539

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flippet.org winamp_web_interface <= 7.5.13 cpe:2.3:a:flippet.org:winamp_web_interface:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6539

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