dBpowerAMP Player .pls and .m3u buffer overflow
| dbpoweramp-player-pls-m3u-bo (17535) |  High Risk |
Description:
dBpowerAMP Audio Player is vulnerable to a stack-based and heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of .pls and .m3u files. By persuading a victim to open a malicious .pls and .m3u playlist file containing overly long data, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- illustrate, dBpowerAMP Audio Player 2.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 27, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- dbPowerAmp Buffer Overflow And DoS Vulnerabilities September 27, 2004, GulfTech Research and Development at http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00052-09272004.
- dBpowerAMP Web site, dBpowerAMP Audio Player at http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dbpoweramp.htm.
- Illustrate Web site, dBpoweramp: CD Ripper & Audio Converter. Secure ripping to mp3, FLAC, m4a, Apple Lossless & WMA at http://www.dbpoweramp.com/.
- BID-11266: Illustrate dBpowerAMP Music Converter and Audio Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- BID-27635: dBpowerAMP Audio Player M3U Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- BID-27639: RETIRED: dBpowerAMP Audio Player M3U Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- BID-33239: dBpowerAMP Audio Player '.pls' File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1569: Buffer overflow in (1) MusicConverter.exe, (2) playlist.exe, and (3) amp.exe in dBpowerAMP Audio Player 2.0 and dbPowerAmp Music Converter 10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a .pls or .m3u playlist that contains long File1 (filename) fields.
- CVE-2008-0661: Buffer overflow in dBpowerAMP Audio Player Release 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .M3U file with a long URI. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2004-1569.
- SA12684: dBpowerAMP Audio Player / Music Converter Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow
Reported:
Sep 29, 2004
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