CVE-2010-0718

Exp

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 11.0.5721.5145 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted .mpg file.

Published: 2010-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0718 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.19%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2010-0718

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
11531 exploit_db edb 2010-02-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0718

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 2026-05-01 23.43% 21.19% -2.25%
2 2026-03-14 28.82% 23.43% -5.39%
3 2025-03-30 — 28.82% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0718

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-2010-0718

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0718

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_media_player 9 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_media_player 11.0.5721.5145 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11.0.5721.5145:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0718

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