CVE-2010-2745

critical

Published 2010-10-13 · 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

10.0

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 through 12 does not properly deallocate objects during a browser reload action, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media content referenced in an HTML document, aka "Windows Media Player Memory Corruption 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-15242 dos windows verified

Skylined · 2010-10-13

Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10/3.6.6 - 'WMP' Memory Corruption Using Popups

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Windows Fixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
r2	Not affected	—
-	Not affected	—
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
microsoft	windows_media_player	`9`
microsoft	windows_media_player	`10`
microsoft	windows_media_player	`11`
microsoft	windows_media_player	`12`

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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

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