CVE-2008-4927 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can crash Windows Media Player by tricking a user into opening a malformed MIDI or DAT file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4927?
CVE-2008-4927 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player, published on 4 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9.0 through 11 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed (1) MIDI or (2) DAT file, related to "MThd Header Parsing." NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4927?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4927?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4927 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-2008-4927 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4927 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Media Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cr3v-px7w-5w96.