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CVE-2002-1847
Buffer overflow in mplay32.exe of Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.3 through 7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High7.5EPSS 33.6%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.6% · top 1.6% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20020730 Windows mplay32 buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- mediaplayer-mplay32-filename-bo(9727) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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