CVE-2007-4288

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Published Aug 9, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 14.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 (wmplayer.exe) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .au file that triggers a divide-by-zero error, as demonstrated by iapetus.au.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 14.8% (14.794% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2987
http://www.safehack.com/exp/mp/mplayer11.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475839/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25236
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35878

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Media Player

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 9, 2007, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM
Reserved: Aug 9, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 9, 2007, 9:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:43 PM

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