Microsoft Windows DirectShow AVI Movie memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Microsoft Windows. The affected element is an unknown function of the component DirectShow. This manipulation as part of AVI Movie causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-0250. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component DirectShow. The manipulation as part of a AVI Movie leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX, as used in the AVI Filter on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, and in Quartz on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted length field in an unspecified video stream, which is not properly handled by the RLE video decompressor, aka "DirectShow Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 02/09/2010 by TippingPoint with ZDI as MS10-013 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0250 since 01/07/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/17/2021).

We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44423 (MS10-013: Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution (977935)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90584 (Microsoft DirectShow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-013)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS10-013 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9453.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55930), Tenable (44423), SecurityFocus (BID 38112†), OSVDB (62257†) and Secunia (SA38511†). The entries VDB-4089, VDB-4088, VDB-4086 and VDB-4085 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 44423
Nessus Name: MS10-013: Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution (977935)
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OpenVAS ID: 902117
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft DirectShow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (977935)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS10-013
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS10-013
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: ZDI
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0250 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0250
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4087

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X-Force: 55930
SecurityFocus: 38112 - Microsoft DirectX DirectShow AVI File Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 38511 - Microsoft DirectShow AVI File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 62257 - Microsoft Windows DirectShow AVI File Decompression Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 24810 - [MS10-013] Microsoft Windows DirectShow Heap Overflow Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/19/2010 16:54
Updated: 03/17/2021 18:01
Changes: 02/19/2010 16:54 (94), 02/21/2017 07:51 (10), 03/17/2021 18:01 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:D5B:103

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