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CVE-2010-1879

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Quartz.dll for DirectShow; Windows Media Format Runtime 9, 9.5, and 11; Media Encoder 9; and the Asycfilt.dll COM component allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a media file with crafted compression data, aka "Media Decompression Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Directx: 9.0, 9.0a, 9.0b, 9.0c
• Microsoft Windows Media Encoder: 9
• Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime: 9, 9.5, 11

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-033
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7517
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-033
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7517

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