CVE-2011-0042: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 33.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Media Center Tv Pack: any version
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center: version 2005 only

Published 2011-03-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.