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AOL Radio AOLMediaPlaybackControl.exe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA28399
Release Date: 2008-01-10
Popularity: 13,630 views

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

Software:AOL Radio 2.x

Binary Analysis: BA346 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Will Dormann has reported a vulnerability in AOL Radio, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in AOLMediaPlaybackControl.exe and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. using the "AppendFileToPlayList()" method of the AmpX ActiveX control.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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