Something common on our desktops that we may not patch - Media Players

According to the article:- 

According to the National Vulnerabilities Database (NVD), over 1,200 vulnerabilities were discovered in media players since 2000. Most of these vulnerabilities were discovered in popular media players like Apple Quicktime, iTunes, RealPlayer and Adobe Shockwave.

This is not a theoretical threat. Over the past few years we have seen exploits targeting both known and unknown zero-day vulnerabilities in media players. It is important to note that many exploits target known vulnerabilities for which a patch exists.

The links below has more information:

http://www.trusteer.com/blog/killer-music-hackers-exploit-vulnerabilities-in-media-players-to-infect-user-machines-with