Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute…
Priority LOW 38CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.21825 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.1 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11 | Vulnerable | Microsoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-3037
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6cg2-v7g4-7r8c
References
More Microsoft Windows Media Player vulnerabilities
- TI-2004-00538 Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2006-00021 Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2006-00006 Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2008-02162 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-06107 Stack-based buffer overflow in mplayer2.exe in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2003-00212 Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and Windows Media… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2007-3037 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-3037 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6cg2-v7g4-7r8c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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