CVE-2013-3127: microsoft windows_media_format_runtime Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-3127 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft windows_media_format_runtime. EPSS estimates a 21.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-07-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Microsoft WMV video codec in wmv9vcm.dll, wmvdmod.dll in Windows Media Format Runtime 9 and 9.5, and wmvdecod.dll in Windows Media Format Runtime 11 and Windows Media Player 11 and 12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file, aka "WMV Video Decoder Remote Code Execution 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.