Vulnerability CVE-2007-6401
Published: 2007-12-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in mplayer2.exe in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4, when used with the 3ivx 4.5.1 or 5.0.1 codec, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain .mp4 file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-6402.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Windows media player 6.4 MP4 Stack Overflow 0-day
SYS 49152
17.12.2007

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows media player 
3IVX -> Mpeg-4 codec 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3453
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484779/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26773
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019064
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4141
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