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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-6044

M-Player 0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted MP3 file.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.48%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

M-Player 0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted MP3 file.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
2.48% probability · 84th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 January 2012
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
mjsware/m-player
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.48%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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-18337source ↗M-Player 0.4 - Local Denial of Servicewindows · JaMbAdos8 January 2012yes

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