CVE-2007-3037
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary...
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."
- Record
CVE-2007-3037- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."
- Record
CVE-2007-3037- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-3029 No score
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."
- Record
EUVD-2007-3029- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6cg2-v7g4-7r8c No score
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary...
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that causes a size mismatch between compressed and decompressed data and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Windows Media Player Code Execution Vulnerability Parsing Skins."
- Record
GHSA-6cg2-v7g4-7r8c- Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
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| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, references, title | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-3037 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Microsoft Windows Media Player, published August 14, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.8%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-226A.html
secunia.com/advisories/26433
osvdb.org/36385
securitytracker.com/id?1018565
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-047
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2871