Microsoft Windows Movie Maker Denial Of Service Vulnerability Network Vulnerability

Summary

This host is installed with Microsoft Windows Movie Maker and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Impact

Successful exploitation will allow a local attacker to crash the affected application and cause denial of service. Impact Level: Application

Solution

No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

Insight

The flaw is due to some unspecified error triggered when a user opens a malformed 'WAV' file.

Affected

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker version 2.1.4026.0 on Windows XP SP3

Detection

Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.

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