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critical 9.3

CVE-2010-0356 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the MOVIEPLAYER.MoviePlayerCtrl.1 ActiveX control in MoviePlayer.ocx 6.8.0.0 in Viscom Software Movie Player…

published 2010-01-18 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-0387

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
30.3%
EPSS 30.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the MOVIEPLAYER.MoviePlayerCtrl.1 ActiveX control in MoviePlayer.ocx 6.8.0.0 in Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long strFontName parameter to the DrawText method.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/viscom_movieplayer_drawtext)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

30.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/viscom_movieplayer_drawtext Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2010-01-12
  • EDB-18134 Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 - Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2011-11-20
  • EDB-12320 Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2010-04-21
  • shinnai.net http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/X6hU4E0E7P5H3qH5yXrn.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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