CVE-2010-2745: microsoft windows_media_player Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-2745 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft windows_media_player. EPSS estimates a 23.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 13-10-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.