Microsoft Windows Media Player up to 7.1 ASF File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Media Player up to 7.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component ASF File Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0719. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows Media Player up to 7.1 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code of the component ASF File Handler. 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:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) file.

The weakness was presented 08/07/2001 by Pauli Ojanpera with Microsoft as MS01-056 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-0719. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Applying the patch MS01-056 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6962), SecurityFocus (BID 3156†), OSVDB (5558†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3986†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: MS01-056

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-056
Researcher: Pauli Ojanpera
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0719 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0719
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17658

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X-Force: 6962
SecurityFocus: 3156 - Microsoft Windows Media Player .ASF Marker Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5558 - Microsoft Windows Media Player Advanced Streaming Format Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 3986 - [MS01-056] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player via Malformed ASF Files, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 16:58
Changes: 07/10/2014 16:58 (68)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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