Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the pnghandletRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) pnghandlesBIT or (3) pnghandlehIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large chunk size.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 SP4, Media Player 9 on Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP1, and Media Player 10 on XP SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted bitmap (.BMP) file that specifies a size of 0 but contains additional data.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Microsoft WMV video codec in wmv9vcm.dll, wmvdmod.dll in Windows Media Format Runtime 9 and 9.5, and wmvdecod.dll in Windows Media Format Runtime 11 and Windows Media Player 11 and 12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file, aka "WMV Video Decoder Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Intel Indeo41 codec for Windows Media Player in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted compressed video data in an IV41 stream in a media file, leading to many loop iterations, as demonstrated by data in an AVI file.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 through 12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DataObject on a web site, aka "Windows Media Player RCE via DataObject Vulnerability."

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Indeo Codec in iac2532.ax in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse iacenc.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by access through BS.Player or Media Player Classic to a directory that contains a .avi, .mka, .ra, or .ram file, aka "Indeo Codec Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Unspecified vulnerability in the Windows Media Player ActiveX control in Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media content, aka "Media Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 through 12 does not properly deallocate objects during a browser reload action, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media content referenced in an HTML document, aka "Windows Media Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Microsoft Windows Media Runtime, as used in DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager (ACM), does not properly process Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file that uses the Windows Media Speech codec, aka "Windows Media Runtime Voice Sample Rate Vulnerability."

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in mplayer2.exe in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4, when used with the 3ivx 4.5.1 or 5.0.1 codec, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain .mp4 file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-6402.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3, when installed on Solaris, installs executables with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to delete or modify the executables to gain privileges.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Unspecified vulnerability in 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 is not properly handled during decompression, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Decompressing Skins."

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflows in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long version tag in an .ASX file, or (2) a long banner tag, a variant of the ".ASX Buffer Overrun" vulnerability as discussed in MS:MS00-090.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) file.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Windows Media Station (.NSC) file.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The WMP ActiveX Control in Windows Media Player 7 allows remote attackers to execute commands in Internet Explorer via javascript URLs, a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Active Stream Redirector (.ASX) file, aka the ".ASX Buffer Overrun" vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media Player for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skins file with a URL containing hex-encoded backslash characters (%5C) that causes an executable to be placed in an arbitrary location.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Windows Media Player 9 and 10, in certain cases, allows content protected by Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM) to redirect the user to a web site to obtain a license, even when the "Acquire licenses automatically for protected content" setting is not enabled.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Windows Media Player (WMP) 7 and 8, as running on Internet Explorer and possibly other Microsoft products that process HTML, allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions and access or execute arbitrary files via an IFRAME tag pointing to an ASF file whose Content-location contains a File:// URL.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Windows Media Player 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG file containing large (1) width or (2) height values, aka the "PNG Processing Vulnerability."

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WMCheckURLScheme function in WMVCORE.DLL in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 10.00.00.4036 on Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long HREF attribute, using an unrecognized protocol, in a REF element in an ASX PlayList file.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 6.4 and 7.1 and Media Player for Windows XP allow remote attackers to bypass Internet Explorer's (IE) security mechanisms and run code via an executable .wma media file with a license installation requirement stored in the IE cache, aka the "Cache Path Disclosure via Windows Media Player".

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Windows Media Player (WMP) 8.00.00.4477, and possibly other versions, automatically detects and executes .wmf and other content, even when the file's extension or content type does not specify .wmf, which could make it easier for attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via Trojan horse files containing .wmf content.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in mplay32.exe of Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3 through 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long mp3 filename command line argument. NOTE: since the only known attack vector requires command line access, this may not be a vulnerability.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 on Windows XP SP2 invokes Internet Explorer to render HTML documents contained inside some media files, regardless of what default web browser is configured, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in software that the user does not expect to run, as demonstrated by the HTMLView parameter in an .asx file.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Windows Media Device Manager (WMDM) Service in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 on Windows 2000 systems allows local users to obtain LocalSystem rights via a program that calls the WMDM service to connect to an invalid local storage device, aka "Privilege Elevation through Windows Media Device Manager Service".

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Buffer overflow in the Windows Media Format Runtime in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4 and Windows XP SP2, Server 2003, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 11.0.5721.5230 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WAV file.

First published (updated )

Contact

SecAlerts Pty Ltd.
132 Wickham Terrace
Fortitude Valley,
QLD 4006, Australia
info@secalerts.co
By using SecAlerts services, you agree to our services end-user license agreement. This website is safeguarded by reCAPTCHA and governed by the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. All names, logos, and brands of products are owned by their respective owners, and any usage of these names, logos, and brands for identification purposes only does not imply endorsement. If you possess any content that requires removal, please get in touch with us.
© 2026 SecAlerts Pty Ltd.
ABN: 70 645 966 203, ACN: 645 966 203