Media Player Classic AVI file buffer overflow
| mediaplayerclassic-avi-bo (36583) |  High Risk |
Description:
Media Player Classic is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted AVI file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim.
Note: This vulnerability also affects StormPlayer, CD-Storm (MYMPC) and other products based on Media Player Classic.
Platforms Affected:
- MYMPC.COM.CN, CD-Storm (MYMPC) 1.0.0.1
- SourceForge, Media Player Classic (MPC) 6.4.9.0 and prior
- VeryCD.com, StormPlayer 1.0.4
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 13, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- CD-Storm (MYMPC) Web site, CD-Storm (MYMPC) at http://www.onlinedown.net/soft/49977.htm. (Web site is in Chinese)
- StormPlayer Web site, StormPlayer at http://www.stormplayer.org/. (Web site is in Chinese)
- Vulnhunt Web site: Advisory CAL-20070912-1, Multiple vendor produce handling AVI file vulnerabilities at http://www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AVI_file_vulnerabilities.txt.
- BID-25650: Media Player Classic Malformed AVI Header Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4939: Heap-based buffer overflow in mplayerc.exe in Media Player Classic (MPC) 6.4.9.0 and earlier, as used standalone and in mympc (aka CD-Storm) 1.0.0.1, StormPlayer 1.0.4, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a .avi file with an indx truck size of 0xffffffff, and certain wLongsPerEntry and nEntriesInuse values.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3140: Media Player Classic and MPlayer AVI File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3141: Storm Player AVI indx Chunk Processing Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3142: MyMPC AVI indx Chunk Processing Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SA26806: Media Player Classic AVI File Processing Buffer Overflow
- SA26807: Storm Player AVI File Processing Buffer Overflow
- SA26808: MyMPC AVI File Processing Buffer Overflow
Reported:
Sep 12, 2007
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