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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0495

Microsoft Windows Media Encoder allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request, aka the "Malformed Windows Media Encoder Request" vulnerability.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 32.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Encoder allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request, aka the "Malformed Windows Media Encoder Request" vulnerability.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
32.34% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 May 2000
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows media services
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%18%35%26 October 2026: 32.34%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 32.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-19974source ↗Microsoft Windows Media Services 4.0/4.1 - Denial of Service (MS00-038)windows · Kit Knoxdos31 May 2000yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.