CVE-2010-0265

critical
Published 2010-03-10 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.1, 2.6, and 6.0, and Microsoft Producer 2003, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted project (.MSWMM) file, aka "Movie Maker and Producer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-14886 remote windows verified
Abysssec ยท 2010-09-04

Microsoft Movie Maker - Remote Code Execution (MS10-016)

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OS impact

windows Windows Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
- Affected โ€”
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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftwindows_movie_maker6.0
windows microsoftproducer2003
windows microsoftwindows_movie_maker2.1
windows microsoftwindows_movie_maker2.6

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.