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CVE-2010-1879

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1879 is an unspecified vulnerability in Quartz.dll, affecting Microsoft DirectShow, Windows Media Format Runtime 9, 9.5, and 11, and Media Encoder 9. This critical vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted media file containing malicious compression data. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2028 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-033
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7517
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
US Government Resource