Windows Media Player
CVE-2014-2671
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 30.87%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 11.0.5721.5230 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WAV file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 30.9%.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 11.0.5721.5230 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WAV file. Affected products include: Microsoft Windows Media Player.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 11.0.5721.5230 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WAV file.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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