CVE-2005-2128

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

QUARTZ.DLL in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 allows remote attackers to write a null byte to arbitrary memory via an AVI file with a crafted strn element with a modified length value.

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 9

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17160
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
http://secunia.com/advisories/17509
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011a.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/995220
http://www.osvdb.org/18822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15063
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-050
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1149
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1231

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