CVE-2010-2745: Microsoft Windows Media Player

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 23.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 through 12 does not properly deallocate objects during a browser reload action, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted media content referenced in an HTML document, aka "Windows Media Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Media Player: version 9 only; version 10 only; version 11 only; version 12 only

Published 2010-10-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.