VCDGear SEH buffer overflow
| vcdgear-seh-bo (33642) |  High Risk |
Description:
VCDGear is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the SEH handler. By creating a specially-crafted MPEG file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to open the malicious file.
Platforms Affected:
- VCDGear, VCDGear 3.56 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Apr 14 2007 - 12:09:36 CDT, Re: VCDGear <= 3.56 Build 050213 (FILE) Local Code Execution Exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-04/0230.html.
- VCDGear Web site, Welcome to WWW.VCDGEAR.COM at http://www.vcdgear.com/.
- BID-23475: VCDGear File Format Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2062: Stack-based buffer overflow in VCDGear 3.55 and 3.56 BETA allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FILE argument in a CUE file.
- SA24884: VCDGear Cue File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 13, 2007
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