CVE-2008-5745

Exp

Integer overflow in quartz.dll in the DirectShow framework in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9, 10, and 11, including 11.0.5721.5260, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) WAV, (2) SND, or (3) MID file. NOTE: this has been incorrectly reported as a code-execution vulnerability. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is related to CVE-2008-4927.

Published: 2008-12-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5745 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.44%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5745

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32684 exploit_db edb 2008-12-29 Exploit-DB ↗
7585 exploit_db edb 2008-12-28 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5745

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 2026-06-15 36.26% 21.44% -14.81%
2 2026-02-18 33.55% 36.26% +2.71%
3 2025-12-30 — 33.55% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5745

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5745

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-5745

Impact: This bug cannot be leveraged for code execution according to the vendor. Source 1 - http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/12/29/windows-media-player-crash-not-exploitable-for-code-execution.aspx Source 2 - http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/12/29/questions-about-vulnerability-claim-in-windows-media-player.aspx

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5745

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_media_player 9 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_media_player 10 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_media_player 11 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5745

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