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Flip4Mac WMV Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA23958  
Release Date: 2007-01-29
Last Update: 2007-05-16

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Flip4Mac Windows Media Components for QuickTime 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-0466 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
KF and LMH have reported a vulnerability in Flip4Mac, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when processing WMV files. This can be exploited to cause memory corruption via a specially crafted WMV file with a manipulated "ASF_File_Properties_Object" size field.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in Flip4Mac Windows Media Components for QuickTime Version 2.1.0.33. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 2.1.1.70.
http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm

Do not open WMV files from untrusted sources.

Provided and/or discovered by:
KF and LMH

Changelog:
2007-02-02: Updated "Solution" section.
2007-05-16: Updated "Solution" and "Solution Status" sections.

Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-27-01-2007.html



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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Flip4Mac WMV Processing Unspecified Vulnerability


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