CVE-2010-0718

medium

Published 2010-02-26 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

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.

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.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-11531 dos windows verified

cr4wl3r · 2010-02-22

Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.0.5721.5145 - '.mpg' Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
microsoft	windows_media_player	`9`
microsoft	windows_media_player	`11.0.5721.5145`

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.