Secunia Security Advisory - shinnai has discovered a vulnerability in Haihaisoft Universal Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Haihaisoft Universal Player ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37509
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37509/
DESCRIPTION:
shinnai has discovered a vulnerability in Haihaisoft Universal
Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in a bundled
ActiveX control (MyActiveX.ocx) and can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow by assigning an overly string to the
"URL" property.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.4.8.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
shinnai
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/ZzLsi6TIfSuVPh1kPHmP.txt
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