Description: Code Audit Labs has discovered a vulnerability in Media Player Classic, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when processing .AVI files and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a .AVI file with a specially crafted "indx" chunk.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 6.4.9.0. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution: The original version is no longer maintained and an official fix is not available.
Provided and/or discovered by: Code Audit Labs
Changelog: 2007-09-20: Added CVE reference.
2007-10-25: Updated "Solution" section.
2007-11-20: Updated "Solution" section and added "Extended Solution".
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