CVE-2004-1244: Microsoft Windows Media Player

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 33.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Media Player 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG file containing large (1) width or (2) height values, aka the "PNG Processing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Media Player: version 9 only

Published 2004-02-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.