CVE-2011-0042

HIGH

Windows Media Player and Media Center - Remote Code Execution via Crafted DVR-MS File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

SBE.dll in the Stream Buffer Engine in Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP3, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista does not properly parse Digital Video Recording (.dvr-ms) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "DVR-MS Vulnerability."

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0615
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-067A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12281
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43626
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/71016
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025169
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46680

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.3328
EPSS Percentile 98.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (5)
microsoft/windows_7 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_media_center_tv_pack
microsoft/windows_vista (4 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp_media_center 2005 sp3
Published Mar 09, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026