National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5745

Overview

Integer overflow in quartz.dll in the DirectShow framework in Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) 9, 10, and 11, including 11.0.5721.5260, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) WAV, (2) SND, or (3) MID file. NOTE: this has been incorrectly reported as a code-execution vulnerability. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is related to CVE-2008-4927.

Impact

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External Source: XF

Name: win-mediaplayer-wav-snd-mid-dos(47664)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47664

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021495

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021495

External Source: BID

Name: 33018

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33018

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081224 MS Windows Media Player * (.WAV) Remote Integrer Overflow

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499579/100/0/threaded

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 7585

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7585

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4823

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4823