CVE-2011-3401
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.3
Description
ENCDEC.DLL in Windows Media Player and Media Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Vista SP2, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .dvr-ms file, aka "Windows Media Player DVR-MS 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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OS impact
Windows Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Affected | — |
| - | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-092
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14281
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-092
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14281
CWEs
CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.