CVE-2007-6236 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Windows Media Player by tricking users into opening a malicious AIFF file, causing a divide-by-zero error.
- 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-2007-6236?
CVE-2007-6236 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player, published on 4 Dec 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
Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain AIFF file that triggers a divide-by-zero error, as demonstrated by kr.aiff.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6236?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6236?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6236 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-2007-6236 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6236 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Media Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-754q-9r9j-jrw6.