Buffer-overflow in CoolPlayer 217

2008.01.01
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CWE: CWE-119


CVSS Base Score: 5/10
Impact Subscore: 2.9/10
Exploitability Subscore: 10/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Low
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: Partial
Availability impact: None

####################################################################### Luigi Auriemma Application: CoolPlayer http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net Versions: <= 217 Platforms: Windows Bug: buffer-overflow in CPLI_ReadTag_OGG Exploitation: local Date: 28 Dec 2007 Author: Luigi Auriemma e-mail: aluigi (at) autistici (dot) org [email concealed] web: aluigi.org ####################################################################### 1) Introduction 2) Bug 3) The Code 4) Fix ####################################################################### =============== 1) Introduction =============== CoolPlayer is a tiny open source media player for Windows. ####################################################################### ====== 2) Bug ====== The tags in the OGG Vorbis files are handled by the CPLI_ReadTag_OGG function which uses sscanf for storing the tag's name and its value in two stack buffers but the lack of size limiters in the format argument results in a buffer-overflow. From CPI_PlaylistItem.c: void CPLI_ReadTag_OGG(CPs_PlaylistItem* pItem) ... char cTag[128]; char cValue[2048]; if(sscanf(pComment->user_comments[iCommentIDX], " %[^= ] = %[^=]", cTag, cValue) == 2) ... ####################################################################### =========== 3) The Code =========== vorbiscomment -t cTag=AAA_2500_A's_AAA -a input.ogg output.ogg ####################################################################### ====== 4) Fix ====== The problem has been reported to the developers which have said that will work on this and on any other old public bug. ####################################################################### --- Luigi Auriemma http://aluigi.org


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