National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1437
Original release date:04/27/2009
Last revised:04/27/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in PortableApps CoolPlayer Portable (aka CoolPlayer+ Portable) 2.19.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed playlist (.m3u) file. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3408.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: coolplayerportable-m3u-bo(49984)
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 8520
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 8519
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 8489
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34816
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 53885