A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Kolmck KOL Player 1.0. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Thaddy de Konng KOL Player 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URL in a .MP3 playlist file.

The weakness was released 08/25/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2961 since 08/25/2009. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/15/2017).

A public exploit has been developed by Evil.Man and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52629) and Exploit-DB (9467).

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• KOL Player

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• 1.0

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