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Windows Media Encoder wmex.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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SA31724

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Release Date:

2008-09-09

Last Update:

2008-09-16

Popularity:

4,350 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.x

Binary Analysis:

BA557 :: Available for 1 Credit

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Solution:
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-- Windows Media Encoder 9 Series --

Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0cabfbc0-db5d-4a6a-a4cd-e6df89ac2b25

Windows XP SP2/SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=57bcb3c2-49d3-4f18-8d03-36abd03d7403

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=18efea9e-b103-46de-90d9-5e295854cec3

Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=54ce1080-94cf-4e4f-8e09-a7dbab2757c5

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=c83011cd-90b8-494c-9cad-fa055e101992

Windows Vista (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=99beebc4-553a-46f8-8245-e3d932306c93

Windows Vista x64 Edition (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=99beebc4-553a-46f8-8245-e3d932306c93

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5434ca66-5a6b-4517-92fb-72dea0a172ec

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5434ca66-5a6b-4517-92fb-72dea0a172ec

-- Windows Media Encoder 9 Series x64 Edition --

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=ebc1737c-6e78-4244-a1b2-a56d031f16e9

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=d8f1b782-136b-443f-b5f2-63aa4d1fd94a

Windows Vista x64 Edition (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=54d1279a-7f26-4727-a39d-5505bcd4fc53

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=e30f9427-26d0-4e86-b9b8-bc637c3b5734

NOTE: On 2008-09-15 the vendor has re-released the Norwegian language update Windows Media Encoder 9 Series for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2/SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 due to errors in the previous package.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Nguyen Minh Duc and Le Manh Tung, BKIS Hanoi University of Technology.

Changelog:
2008-09-10: Added link to US-CERT.
2008-09-16: Added note to "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
MS08-053 (KB954156):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-053.mspx

Other References:
US-CERT VU#996227:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996227

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