CVE-2005-1574: Microsoft Windows Media Player

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Media Player 9 and 10, in certain cases, allows content protected by Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM) to redirect the user to a web site to obtain a license, even when the "Acquire licenses automatically for protected content" setting is not enabled.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Media Player: version 9 only; version 10 only

Published 2005-05-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.