RCE in Microsoft Windows Media Player
CVE-2007-3037
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.218 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.218 · newest: 0.218 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Media Player — versions 7.1, 9, 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26433 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/36385 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-047 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2871 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-046.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25307 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2207 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476533/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)