National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3037

Overview

Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-226A

Name: TA07-226A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS07-047

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-047.mspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-046.html

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-046.html

External Source: BID

Name: 25307

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25307

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070814 ZDI-07-046: Microsoft Windows Media Player Skin Parsing Size Mismatch Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/476533/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 36385

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/36385

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2871

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2871

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018565

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018565

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26433

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26433

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2207

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2207

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2207