CVE-2015-6131

critical
Published 2015-12-09 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .mcl file, aka "Media Center Library Parsing RCE 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-38911 remote windows
Eduardo Braun Prado ยท 2015-12-09

Microsoft Windows Media Center Library - Parsing Remote Code Execution aka 'self-executing' MCL File

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

OS impact

windows Windows Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
- Affected โ€”

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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