Niek Albers CoolPlayer 216 cpi_playlist.c main_skin_open memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Niek Albers CoolPlayer 216. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function main_skin_open of the file cpi_playlist.c. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in Niek Albers CoolPlayer 216 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a playlist file with long song names, because of an overflow in the CPL_AddPrefixedFile function in CPI_Playlist.c; (2) a skin file with long button names, because of an overflow in the main_skin_check_ini_value function in skin.c; and (3) a skin file with long bitmap filenames, because of an overflow in the main_skin_open function in skin.c.

The weakness was presented 12/04/2006 by Kevin Fernandez (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6288 since 12/04/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Trancek in Perl and been published 2 years after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30863) and Exploit-DB (4839).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Trancek
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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Kevin Fernandez
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6288 (🔍)
X-Force: 30863 - CoolPlayer main_skin_open() function buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 21396 - CoolPlayer Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23360 - CoolPlayer Skin Long Key Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4806

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/09/2018 07:36
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (58), 08/09/2018 07:36 (12)
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