CVE-2010-1042

Exp

Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 does not properly perform colorspace conversion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .AVI file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2010-03-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1042 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.64%, 97th 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-2010-1042

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33770 exploit_db edb 2010-03-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1042

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 2025-04-15 48.20% 41.64% -6.56%
2 2025-03-30 45.07% 48.20% +3.13%
3 2025-03-29 — 45.07% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1042

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-2010-1042

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1042

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_media_player 11 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_media_player 11.0.5721.5145 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11.0.5721.5145:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_media_player 11.0.6000.6324 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_player:11.0.6000.6324:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1042

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