CVE-2011-10022

high

Description

SPlayer version 3.7 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing HTTP responses containing an overly long Content-Type header. The vulnerability occurs due to improper bounds checking on the header value, allowing an attacker to overwrite the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) and execute arbitrary code. Exploitation requires the victim to open a media file that triggers an HTTP request to a malicious server, which responds with a crafted Content-Type header.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/splayer-content-type-header-buffer-overflow

https://www.splayer.org/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17268

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17243

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/splayer_content_type.rb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-20

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00749