VLC media player ActiveX plugin memory overwrite
| vlcmediaplayer-activex-memory-overwrite (38816) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The VLC media player ActiveX control (axvlc.dll) could allow a remote attacker to overwrite memory on the system. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site that passes specially-crafted parameters to the addTarget(), getVariable() and setVariable() functions, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite memory zones and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- VideoLAN, VLC prior to 0.8.6d
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of VLC media player (0.8.6d or later), available from the VideoLAN Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Core Security Web site, Core Security Technologies at http://www.coresecurity.com/.
- CORE-2007-1004, VLC Activex Bad Pointer Initialization Vulnerability at http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=2035.
- VideoLAN Security Advisory 0703, Recursive plugin release vulnerability in Active X plugin at http://www.videolan.org/sa0703.html.
- VideoLAN Web site, Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet): at http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS.
- BID-26675: VideoLAN VLC axvlc.dll ActiveX Control Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-6262: A certain ActiveX control in axvlc.dll in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6 before 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) addTarget, (2) getVariable, or (3) setVariable function, resulting from a bad initialized pointer
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4061: VideoLAN VLC Media Player ActiveX Plugin and FLAC Code Execution
- SA27878: VLC Media Player ActiveX Plugin and FLAC Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Nov 30, 2007
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