CVE-2007-3901
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DirectShow Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI) parser in quartz.dll for Microsoft DirectX…
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 45.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DirectShow Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI) parser in quartz.dll for Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 10.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SAMI file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS07-064 Microsoft DirectX DirectShow SAMI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/misc/ms07_064_samiRank normaldisclosed 11 Dec 2007
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft DirectX DirectShow - SAMI Buffer Overflow (MS07-064) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16442remote, windowspublished 5 Oct 2010Verified
- Microsoft DirectX SAMI File Parsing - Remote Stack Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4866remote, windowspublished 8 Jan 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4866 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.9% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 20071211 Multiple Microsoft DirectShow Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- VU#804089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS07-064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 26789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ms-directshow-sami-code-execution(38721) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SSRT071506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1019073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20071211 Microsoft DirectX 7 and 8 DirectShow Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 28010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4866 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- TA07-345A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-3885 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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