THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-1331
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-1331

Windows Media Player vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
18.1%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 11.0.5721.5260 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .mid file, as demonstrated by crash.mid.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Media Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-04-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-1331

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-1331.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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