CVE-2011-0042
SBE.dll in the Stream Buffer Engine in Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP3, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista does not properly parse Digital Video Recording (.dvr-ms) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "DVR-MS Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 33.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0068)
- Published
- March 9, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0068 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 21, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows 7
- microsoft / windows media center tv pack
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp media center
Certified products that may be affected
18 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows 7 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1332 - historical
- Microsoft Windows 7 Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library (cng.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1328 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Vista Kernel Mode Security Support Provider Interface (ksecdd.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1000 - historical
- Microsoft Windows Vista Cryptographic Primitives Library (bcrypt.dll) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1001 - historical
- Windows Vista Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1002 - historical
See all 18 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://osvdb.org/71016
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43626
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46680
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025169
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-067A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0615
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-015
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12281
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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