BlazeVideo HDTV Player up to 3.5 plf memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in BlazeVideo HDTV Player up to 3.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file plf. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-0450. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BlazeVideo HDTV Player up to 3.5. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file plf. 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:

Stack-based buffer overflow in BlazeVideo HDTV Player 3.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a playlist (aka .plf) file.

The bug was discovered 02/04/2009. The weakness was released 02/10/2009 by LiquidWorm (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0450 since 02/05/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/15/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116182 (BlazeVideo HDTV Player PLF File Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

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 (48498), Exploit-DB (7975), SecurityFocus (BID 33588†), OSVDB (51825†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20785†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 800513
OpenVAS Name: Blazevideo HDTV Player PLF File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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02/03/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: LiquidWorm
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-0450 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0450
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46421
X-Force: 48498
SecurityFocus: 33588 - BlazeVideo HDTV Player PLF File Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 51825 - BlazeVideo HDTV Player - PLF File Heap Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20785 - BlazeVideo HDTV Player Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability via a PLF File, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/15/2025 15:05
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 08/26/2019 18:18 (4), 11/23/2024 18:09 (20), 05/15/2025 15:05 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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