BS.Player BSI files buffer overflow

bsplayer-bsi-bo (55708)

High Risk

Description:

BS.Player is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling malicious BSI files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted BSI file containing an overly long Skin key in the Options field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	9.3
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete
Temporal Score:	8.4
Exploitability:	Functional
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.

References:

• BS.Player Web site: The media player, movie player, YouTube player, video player, AVCHD player, divx player, free player.
• Information Technology Security: Hack 4 Career Fuzzzzing.
• BID-37831: BS.Player '.bsl' File Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
• CVE-2010-2004: Stack-based buffer overflow in BS.Global BS.Player 2.51 Build 1022 Free, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Skin parameter in the Options section of a skins file (.bsi), a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1068.
• SA38221: BS.Player BSI File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
• VUPEN/ADV-2010-0148: BS.Player BSI File Skin Field Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• BS.Global BS.Player 2.51 Build 1022 Free

Reported:

Jan 18, 2010

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