CVE-2012-0003

Unspecified vulnerability in winmm.dll in Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP...

9.3 HighPublic exploit

Unspecified vulnerability in winmm.dll in Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MIDI file, aka "MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Exploit likelihood

69.9%Down 23.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List 8.1

Record: CVE-2012-0003
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2012-0044 8.1

Record: EUVD-2012-0044
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6mjj-vx26-x966 8.1

Unspecified vulnerability in winmm.dll in Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP...

Record: GHSA-6mjj-vx26-x966
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.1

Record: CVE-2012-0003
CVSS 3.1: 8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows - midiOutPlayNextPolyEvent Heap Overflow (MS12-004) (Metasploit)	2012-01-28
Metasploit	MS12-004 midiOutPlayNextPolyEvent Heap Overflow	2012-01-10
PoC in GitHub	k0keoyo/CVE-2012-0003_eXP	2016-12-26

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-0003 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Windows Xp, published January 10, 2012. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 69.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.