Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-0718. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 11.0.5721.5145 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted .mpg file.

The weakness was disclosed 02/22/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0718 since 02/26/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56435), Exploit-DB (11531) and OSVDB (62652†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 800480
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Media Player .mpg Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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02/22/2010 🔍
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02/26/2010 +4 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1841 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0718 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0718
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51997
X-Force: 56435
OSVDB: 62652 - Microsoft Windows Media Player Crafted MPG File Handling Overflow DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 05/01/2026 08:08
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (56), 03/27/2019 10:30 (3), 05/01/2026 08:08 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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