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CVE-2002-1847

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 33.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mplay32.exe of Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3 through 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long mp3 filename command line argument. NOTE: since the only known attack vector requires command line access, this may not be a vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 6.3, 6.4, 7, 7.1

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/285082
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9727.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5357
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/285082
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9727.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5357

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