CVE-2015-6131

critical
Published 2015-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .mcl file, aka "Media Center Library Parsing RCE Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windows-affected

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.