CVE-2001-0242

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflows in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long version tag in an .ASX file, or (2) a long banner tag, a variant of the ".ASX Buffer Overrun" vulnerability as discussed in MS:MS00-090.

Buffer overflows in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long version tag in an .ASX file, or (2) a long banner tag, a variant of the ".ASX Buffer Overrun" vulnerability as discussed in MS:MS00-090.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft windows_media_player

First reported 23 years ago

2001-06-27 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:30:00

Affected Software

Microsoft windows_media_player 6.3

6.3

Microsoft windows_media_player 6.4

6.4

Microsoft windows_media_player 7

7

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