Buffer overflow in Blazevideo Hdtv Player

CVE-2006-6396

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2006-12-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.049 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Blazevideo Hdtv Player — versions 3.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2880 (exploit)
secunia.com/advisories/23192 (third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30442 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21399 (vdb-entry)