CVE-2012-0003

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 69.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in winmm.dll in Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MIDI file, aka "MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: 2005-sp3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/47485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51292
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026492
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-004
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14337
http://secunia.com/advisories/47485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51292
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026492
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-010A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-004
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14337

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