Windows Media Services vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

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The short answer

Windows Media Services is made by Microsoft. We track 9 published vulnerabilities in it, across 5 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Windows Media Services, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Windows Media Services vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Windows Media Services's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Windows Media Services flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 36%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media Format Runtime 7.1, 9, 9.5, 9.5 x64 Edition, 11, and Windows Media Services 9.1 for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista allows user-assisted remote attackers...

    CVSS9.3Published12 Dec 2007
  2. 32%

    Microsoft Windows Media Encoder allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request, aka the "Malformed Windows Media Encoder Request" vulnerability.

    CVSS5.0Published30 May 2000
  3. 26%

    Unknown vulnerability in Windows Media Station Service and Windows Media Monitor Service components of Windows Media Services 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disallowing new connections) via...

    CVSS5.0Published15 Apr 2004
  4. 21%

    The Windows Media server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of client handshake packets that are sent in an improper sequence, aka the "Misordered Windows Media Services Handshake"...

    CVSS5.0Published23 Feb 2000
  5. 21%

    Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime 9.0, 9.5, and 11 and Windows Media Services 9.1 and 2008 do not properly parse malformed headers in Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files, which allows remote attackers to execute...

    CVSS9.3Published8 Sep 2009
  6. 17%

    Windows Media Unicast Service in Windows Media Services 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly shut down some types of connections, producing a memory leak that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a...

    CVSS5.0Published12 Feb 2001
  7. 16%

    Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4, Windows Media Format Runtime 7.1 through 11, and Windows Media Services 4.1, 9, and 2008 do not properly use the Service Principal Name (SPN) identifier when validating replies to...

    CVSS10.0Published10 Dec 2008
  8. 15%

    Race condition in Microsoft Windows Media server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the Windows Media Unicast Service via a malformed request, aka the "Unicast Service Race Condition" vulnerability.

    CVSS2.6Published14 Nov 2000
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We track 9 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Windows Media Services, across 5 versions.

None of Windows Media Services's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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