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CVE-2010-2745

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 through 12 does not properly deallocate objects during a browser reload action, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media content referenced in an HTML document, aka "Windows Media Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: 9, 10, 11, 12

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024550
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-082
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6653
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024550
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-082
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6653

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