CVE-2006-6250

Songbird Media Player < 0.2 - Denial of Service via M3U Playlist Extended ASCII Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6250. PoCs published by Greg Linares.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player <= 0.2 by generating a malformed M3U playlist file with extended ASCII characters. It can cause a denial of service (DoS) and potentially overwrite EIP, though it is not a fully weaponized exploit.

Description

Format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an M3U Playlist file containing extended ASCII, which causes the Unicode converter to be invoked.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Greg Linares · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2861

This exploit demonstrates a format string vulnerability in Songbird Media Player <= 0.2 by generating a malformed M3U playlist file with extended ASCII characters. It can cause a denial of service (DoS) and potentially overwrite EIP, though it is not a fully weaponized exploit.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Racy
Target: Songbird Media Player <= 0.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to deliver a malformed M3U file to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21343
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30563
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2861

Scores

EPSS 0.0300
EPSS Percentile 85.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
songbird/songbird_media_player < 0.2
Published Dec 04, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026