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CVE-2000-0929
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in RTF-enabled email clients via an embedded OCX control…
Medium5.0EPSS 14.4%
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Description
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in RTF-enabled email clients via an embedded OCX control that is not closed properly, aka the "OCX Attachment" vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.4% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- MS00-068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20000929 Malformed Embedded Windows Media Player 7 "OCX Attachment" (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- mediaplayer-outlook-dos(5309) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1714 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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