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CVE-2011-10022

SPlayer 3.7 Content-Type Header Buffer Overflow

CVSS 8.6 HIGHEPSS 0.7%CWE-120
Vexday Risk Score
36Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.7%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit simPatch
Lifecycle
04 May 2011Metasploit module available
20 Aug 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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.
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