High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 9, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-0042
CVE-2011-0042
Description
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."
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Affected products
13- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_center_tv_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_xp_media_center:2005:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-067A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- osvdb.org/71016nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/43626nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46680nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0615nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-015nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12281nvd
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