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Hero DVD Player M3U Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31933
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Release Date:
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2008-10-08
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Last Update:
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2008-10-14
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Popularity:
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986 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Hero DVD player 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-4504
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Description:
Parvez Anwar has discovered a vulnerability in Hero DVD 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 included Mplayer.exe binary when processing M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via an M3U file containing an overly long entry.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that the user is tricked into loading a malicious M3U file.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.0.8. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Do not open untrusted M3U files using the application.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Parvez Anwar
Changelog:
2008-10-14: Added CVE reference.
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