abc2midi event_text buffer overflow
| abc2midi-eventtext-bo (18573) |  High Risk |
Description:
abcMIDI is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the event_text function of the store.c file. By creating a specially-crafted ABC file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with user privileges, once the file is processed.
Platforms Affected:
- James Allwright, abc2midi 2004-12-18
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- abcMIDI Web page, abcMIDI at http://abc.sourceforge.net/abcMIDI/.
- University of Illinois Chicago Web site, abc2midi 2004.12.04 event_text overflows msg buffer; event_specific overflows msg buffer at http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/abc2midi.txt.
- BID-12019: ABC2MIDI Multiple Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1256: Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) event_text and (2) event_specific functions in abc2midi 2004.12.04 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ABC files.
Reported:
Dec 17, 2004
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