Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Mercury Audio Player 1.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed playlist (.m3u) file.
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 2
- Mercury Audio Player 1.21 - '.m3u' Local Stack Overflow EDB-8583 · local · May 1, 2009 · verified
- Mercury Audio Player 1.21 - '.m3u' Local Stack Overflow (PoC) EDB-8578 · dos · Apr 30, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- map-multiple-bo(50288) vdb-entry
- 34957 third-party-advisory
- 8583 exploit
- 34788 vdb-entry
- 8578 exploit