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high 7.5

CVE-2002-1847 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in mplay32.exe of Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3 through 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary command…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1826

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
33.6%
EPSS 33.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in mplay32.exe of Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3 through 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long mp3 filename command line argument. NOTE: since the only known attack vector requires command line access, this may not be a vulnerability.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21670)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

33.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21670 Microsoft Windows Media Player 6/7 - Filename Buffer Overflow remote, 2002-07-30
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5357 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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