Integer overflow in quartz.dll in the DirectShow framework in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9, 10, and 11, including 11.0.5721.5260,…

Published 17 y ago 2008-12-29 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

21.4%

percentile 98%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

21.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-7585 Microsoft Windows Media Player - '.wav' Remote Crash (PoC) · dos · 2008-12-28
EDB-32684 Microsoft Windows Media Player 9/10/11 - '.WAV' File Parsing Code Execution · remote · 2008-12-29

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

References

securitytracker.com /id?1021495 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/499579/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
securityreason.com /securityalert/4823 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/47664 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/33018 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/7585 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-5745
NVD: CVE-2008-5745

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