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TITLE:
ffdshow URL Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32846

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32846/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ffdshow
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20573/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in ffdshow, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing
overly long URLs. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by
tricking the user into opening a specially crafted stream.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to SVN revision 2349.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN at revision 2349.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Nguyen Anh Tai, reported via SVRT-Bkis

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SVRT-05-08:
http://security.bkis.vn/?p=277

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