CVE-2007-2498

Exp

libmp4v2.dll in Winamp 5.02 through 5.34 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain .MP4 file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2007-05-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2498 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.22%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2498

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3823 exploit_db edb 2007-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2498

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-21 8.90% 9.22% +0.33%
2 2025-03-30 12.16% 8.90% -3.27%
3 2025-03-29 12.16%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2498

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2498

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2498

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nullsoft winamp 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.21 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.22 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.23 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.24 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.31 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.32 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.33 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp 5.34 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2498

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