CVE-2008-5745

Published Dec 29, 2008

Last updated 10 days ago

Overview

Description
Integer overflow in quartz.dll in the DirectShow framework in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9, 10, and 11, including 11.0.5721.5260, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) WAV, (2) SND, or (3) MID file. NOTE: this has been incorrectly reported as a code-execution vulnerability. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is related to CVE-2008-4927.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-189

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Evaluator

Comment
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Impact
This bug cannot be leveraged for code execution according to the vendor. Source 1 - http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/12/29/windows-media-player-crash-not-exploitable-for-code-execution.aspx Source 2 - http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/12/29/questions-about-vulnerability-claim-in-windows-media-player.aspx
Solution
This bug cannot be leveraged for code execution according to the vendor. Source 1 - http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/12/29/windows-media-player-crash-not-exploitable-for-code-execution.aspx Source 2 - http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/12/29/questions-about-vulnerability-claim-in-windows-media-player.aspx

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