PT-2007-4329 · Microsoft · Windows Media Player

Published 2007-08-14 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-3037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 7.1, 9, 10, and 11

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file with crafted header information, causing a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 7.1, 9, 10, and 11, consider disabling the use of skin files (WMZ or WMD) until a patch is available to prevent exploitation of the heap-based buffer overflow.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3037

Affected Products

Windows Media Player

References · 11

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-047 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3037 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26433 · Vendor Advisory
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-046.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25307 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/36385 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2207 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018565 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/476533/100/0/threaded · Note