Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in K-Lite Codec Pack, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
K-Lite Codec Pack ffdshow URL Processing Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32881
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32881/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
K-Lite Codec Pack 4.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20591/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in K-Lite Codec Pack, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the inclusion of a vulnerable
ffdshow version.
For more information:
SA32846
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 4.3.4.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.3.4.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Nguyen Anh Tai, reported via SVRT-Bkis
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
K-Lite Codec Pack:
http://www.codecguide.com/changelogs_standard.htm
SVRT-05-08:
http://security.bkis.vn/?p=277
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32846:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32846/
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