Adammo Fat Player 0.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adammo Fat Player 0.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-4962. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Adammo Fat Player 0.6. This affects an unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Fat Player 0.6b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .wav file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was presented 08/24/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-4962 since 07/27/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/21/2025).

A public exploit has been developed by Praveen Darshanam and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional.

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 (52713), Exploit-DB (14591), SecurityFocus (BID 42068†), OSVDB (57343†) and Secunia (SA36441†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.7

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Praveen Darshanam
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MetaSploit ID: fatplayer_wav.rb
MetaSploit Name: Fat Player Media Player 0.6b0 Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2009 🔍
08/24/2009 +0 days 🔍
08/25/2009 +1 days 🔍
08/25/2009 +0 days 🔍
07/27/2010 +335 days 🔍
07/28/2010 +1 days 🔍
08/09/2010 +12 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1683 days 🔍
10/21/2025 +3869 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-4962 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4962
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54153
X-Force: 52713 - Fat Player .wav buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 42068 - Fat Player '.wav' File Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 36441
OSVDB: 57343 - Fat Player WAV File Handling Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2009-2394

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 10/21/2025 10:19
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 01/05/2018 12:27 (4), 10/21/2025 10:19 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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