PT-2022-5880 · Microsoft · Windows Media Player+1

Lê Hữu Quang Linh · Published 2022-12-13 · Updated 2023-04-23 · CVE-2022-44668

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Media Player (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in Windows Media Player, which can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted malicious file. This can allow remote attackers to affect the system. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-07296

CVE-2022-44668

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Media Player

References · 9

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44668 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-44668 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-07296 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44668 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/687719 · Security Note
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/35290 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/8168 · Telegram Post