Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4/7.0/7.1 NSC File memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4/7.0/7.1 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component NSC File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed Windows Media Station (.NSC) file.

The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2001 by Pauli Ojanpera with Microsoft as MS01-042 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0541. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch MS01-042 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6907).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: MS01-042

Timelineinfo

07/26/2001 🔍
09/20/2001 +56 days 🔍
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05/21/2019 +1777 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-042
Researcher: Pauli Ojanpera
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0541 (🔍)
X-Force: 6907 - Microsoft Windows Media Player .NSC buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 4226 - [MS01-042] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Media Player via .NSC Files Enables Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 3105 - Microsoft Windows Media Player .NSC File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 12:24
Updated: 05/21/2019 11:55
Changes: 07/09/2014 12:24 (65), 05/21/2019 11:55 (1)
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