CVE-2010-0480

critical
Published 2010-04-14 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

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the MPEG Layer-3 audio codecs in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI file, aka "MPEG Layer-3 Audio Decoder Stack 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-15096 dos windows verified
Abysssec ยท 2010-09-24

Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Audio Decoder - Division By Zero

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-14895 remote windows verified
Abysssec ยท 2010-09-05

Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 - Remote Command Execution

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EDB-17659 remote windows verified
Metasploit ยท 2011-08-13

Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Audio - Stack Overflow (MS10-026) (Metasploit)

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Metasploit modules

MS10-026 Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Audio Stack Based Overflow
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OS impact

windows Windows Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
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References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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