CVE-2010-1879

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 8, 2010
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2010-1879: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix