Multiple products Unspecified Library MP4 File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:31957

Info

Multiple products Unspecified Library MP4 File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 31957
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 28 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 05 2008 05:55PM
Credit: [email protected]
Vulnerable: VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.4
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.3
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.2
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.1
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 i
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 h
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 g
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6 d
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6
+ Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 4.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 4.0
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6f
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6e
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6c
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6b
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6a
Apple iPod Touch 2.0.2
Apple iPod Touch 2.0.1
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.4
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.3
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.2
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.0
Apple iPod Touch 1.1
Apple iPod Touch 0
Apple iPhone 2.0.2
Apple iPhone 2.0.1
Apple iPhone 1.1.4
Apple iPhone 1.1.3
Apple iPhone 1.1.2
Apple iPhone 1.1.1
Apple iPhone 1.0.2
Apple iPhone 1.0.1
Apple iPhone 2.1
Apple iPhone 2.0
Apple iPhone 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple products Unspecified Library MP4 File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Multiple phone and video products are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability that occurs in an unspecified library.

Successful exploits may allow remote attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions on computers or devices running the affected library.

The following products are vulnerable:

Apple iPhone
Apple iPod touch
VideoLan VLC

Other products may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Multiple products Unspecified Library MP4 File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious MP4 file.

The following proof-of-concept video will crash Apple iPhone:

http://www.ziphone.org/2008/11/boom.html

Solution / Fix

Multiple products Unspecified Library MP4 File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

References

Multiple products Unspecified Library MP4 File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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