CVE-2010-0356
Stack-based buffer overflow in the MOVIEPLAYER.MoviePlayerCtrl.1 ActiveX control in MoviePlayer.ocx 6.8.0.0 in Viscom Software Movie…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 30.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the MOVIEPLAYER.MoviePlayerCtrl.1 ActiveX control in MoviePlayer.ocx 6.8.0.0 in Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long strFontName parameter to the DrawText method.
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.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/viscom_movieplayer_drawtextRank normaldisclosed 12 Jan 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 - Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18134remote, windowspublished 20 Nov 2011Verified
- Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX 6.8 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12320remote, windowspublished 21 Apr 2010Verified
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· 15 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 30.3% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/X6hU4E0E7P5H3qH5yXrn.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- movieplayer-drawtext-activex-bo(55536) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 38156 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2010-0387 (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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