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CVE-2007-1492

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-03-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

winmm.dll in Microsoft Windows XP allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large cch argument value to the mmioRead function, as demonstrated by a crafted WAV file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0063.html
• http://osvdb.org/34101
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22938
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0063.html
• http://osvdb.org/34101
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22938

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