Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Rosoft Media Player 4.1.7, 4.1.8, and possibly earlier versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a .M3U file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Rosoft Media Player 4.1.7 - '.m3u' Local Stack Overflow EDB-4749 · local · Dec 18, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 3470 third-party-advisory
- 39501 vdb-entry
- 26920 vdb-entry
- 20080214 Rosoft Media Player 4.1.8 Buffer Overflow ( .M3U) mailing-list
- ADV-2007-4259 vdb-entry
- 20071218 Rosoft Media Player 4.1.7 crash mailing-list
- 28144 third-party-advisory
- rosoftmediaplayer-m3u-bo(39114) vdb-entry
- 5122 exploit