THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-1879
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1879

Directx vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
20.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Quartz.dll for DirectShow; Windows Media Format Runtime 9, 9.5, and 11; Media Encoder 9; and the Asycfilt.dll COM component allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a media file with crafted compression data, aka "Media Decompression Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Directx
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-06-08

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 20.3% 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-2010-1879

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Directx is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1879.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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