CVE-2008-5745
Published Dec 29, 2008
Last updated 6 years 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
- Modified
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
- -
- 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
Configurations
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