Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio-only fi
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio-only file that is streamed from a Server-Side Playlist (SSPL) on Windows Media Server, aka "Windows Media Player Sampling Rate Vulnerability."
- Published
- Sep 10, 2008
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 29.8% · 98th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
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Action score
46
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 9 / 30 · 29.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows media player | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player |
| microsoft | windows-nt | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt |
| microsoft | windows xp | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft windows media player11
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
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References
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122235754013992&w=2
- support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=766863#PRODUCTS
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30550
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1020831
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-253A.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2522
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-054
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5615
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.