CVE-2008-4927

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 9, 10, 11

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32077
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/32077.py
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32077
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/32077.py

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