CVE-2010-1042

medium

Published 2010-03-23 · 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

Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 does not properly perform colorspace conversion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .AVI file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

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-33770 dos windows verified

ITSecTeam · 2010-03-17

Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 - '.AVI' File Colorspace Conversion Remote Memory Corruption

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
microsoft	windows_media_player	`11`
microsoft	windows_media_player	`11.0.5721.5145`
microsoft	windows_media_player	`11.0.6000.6324`

References

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

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