CVE-2014-4060: Microsoft Windows Media Center

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 23.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use-after-free vulnerability in MCPlayer.dll in Microsoft Windows Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows Media Center for Windows 8 and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers deletion of a CSyncBasePlayer object, aka "CSyncBasePlayer Use After Free Vulnerability."

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows Media Center: affected versions not specified
  • Microsoft Windows Media Center Tv Pack: affected versions not specified

Published 2014-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.