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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.