36385 : Microsoft Windows Media Player Skin File Handling Overflow
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7 months ago

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Disclosure
Aug 14, 2007

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 A buffer overflow exists in Windows Media Player 11. The player fails to handle the space allocated for uncompressing a compressed skin file resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted file, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Microsoft Corporation has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
Microsoft Corporation
Watch-list
Windows Media Player
Watch-list
 7.1
10
9
11

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  • Piotr Bania - ania.piotrBrand New Doo Doogmail.com -

Blogs

Provided by Technorati

2007/08/14 17:34:46 | Microsoft fixes 14 flaws in 9 patches; 6 are critical

from: Extra Technology News

Microsoft today released its August 2007 security bulletin, which includes nine updates: Six are designated as "critical" by the software giant and three are deemed "important." Two patches affect Microsoft products on the Mac, and one affects Windows Vista

2007/08/15 03:22:08 | CVE-2007-3037

from: EclipseSSL : Дневник (Журнал/Блог)

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1, 9, 10, and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a skin file (WMZ or WMD) with crafted header information that is not properly handled during decompression. en.securitylab.ru/nvd/301270.php

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