|
Windows Media Player Bitmap File Processing Vulnerability
|
|
Secunia Advisory:
|
SA18835
|
|
|
Release Date:
|
2006-02-14
|
|
Last Update:
|
2006-02-28
|
|
Popularity:
|
20,851 views
|
|
|
Critical:
|
Highly critical
|
|
Impact:
|
System access
|
|
Where:
|
From remote
|
|
Solution Status:
|
Vendor Patch
|
|
| Software: | Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.x
Microsoft Windows Media Player 9.x
|
|
|
Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
|
Available in Secunia business solutions 
|
|
|
Subscribe:
|
Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities
|
|
| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
|
Description:
eEye Digital Security has reported a vulnerability in Windows Media Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the processing of bitmap files (.bmp) and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted bitmap file that declares its size as 0.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious web site, opens a malicious bitmap file (Windows Media Player is not the default handler for bitmap files), or opens a file (e.g. Word document) containing a malicious Windows Media Player (.wmp) image.
The following supported products and product combinations are NOT vulnerable:
* Windows Media Player 6.4
* Windows Media Player 10 on Windows Server 2003 SP1
* Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
* Windows Server 2003 (with or without SP1) for Itanium-based systems
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
|
|
|
Track this Secunia Advisory
|
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.
Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.
|
|
|
About this Secunia Advisory
|
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
|
