Multiple Applications Media File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	21612
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 15 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 25 2007 04:33PM
Credit:	shinnai is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	NullSoft Winamp 5.0 91 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 9 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 8c NullSoft Winamp 5.0 8 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 7 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 6 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 5 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 4 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 3a NullSoft Winamp 5.0 3 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 2 NullSoft Winamp 5.0 1 NullSoft Winamp 5.31 NullSoft Winamp 5.3 NullSoft Winamp 5.24 NullSoft Winamp 5.22 NullSoft Winamp 5.21 NullSoft Winamp 5.2 NullSoft Winamp 5.13 NullSoft Winamp 5.12 NullSoft Winamp 5.11 NullSoft Winamp 5.094 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2 - Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 - Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows Media Player 10.0 Microsoft Windows Explorer 0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Not Vulnerable:

Multiple Applications Media File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Multiple applications are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by presenting malicious 'WMV', 'MID', and 'AVI' files to a victim user. When an affected application processes this image, the application crashes, effectively denying service.

It is not known at this time if this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code; this BID will be updated as further information becomes available.

Multiple Applications Media File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploits are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/21612-example.wmv
• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/21612-example.mid
• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/die.avi

Multiple Applications Media File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

Multiple Applications Media File Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Windows Media Player Homepage (Microsoft)
  
• Windows XP Homepage (Microsoft)
  
• Windows Explorer WMV File Denial Of Service Vulnerability ([email protected])
  
• RE: Windows Explorer WMV File Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Ulises Cuñé )
  
• Windows Media MID File Denial Of Service Vulnerability ([email protected])