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CVE-2001-0242 (GCVE-0-2001-0242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-05-24 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:14
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflows in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long version tag in an .ASX file, or (2) a long banner tag, a variant of the ".ASX Buffer Overrun" vulnerability as discussed in MS:MS00-090.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/187528 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/181419 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2686 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2677 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183906 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2001-05-23 00:00
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