CVE-2007-4884 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 14 Sep 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service in Media Player Classic by tricking a user into opening a malformed .au file.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-4884?

CVE-2007-4884 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Media Player Classic (MPC) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed .au file that triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4884?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Media Player Classic Media Player Classic.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4884?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-4884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xw97-pjh6-x5h5.