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VLC media player 2.0.4 suffers from buffer overflow

buffer overflow during the handling of the when handling malicious swf file

------------------------------------------------------------------------(7b4.a14): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.
This exception may be expected and handled.
eax=75737574 ebx=00e44c20 ecx=7ffd5000 edx=00e44e84 esi=038488c8 edi=000007c0
eip=75737574 esp=0196fb5c ebp=00000002 iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00210206
Missing image name, possible paged-out or corrupt data.
75737574 ??              ???
0:009>!exploitable -v
eax=75737574 ebx=00e44c20 ecx=7ffd5000 edx=00e44e84 esi=038488c8 edi=000007c0
eip=75737574 esp=0196fb5c ebp=00000002 iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00210206
75737574 ??              ???
HostMachine\HostUser
Executing Processor Architecture is x86
Debuggee is in User Mode
Debuggee is a live user mode debugging session on the local machine
Event Type: Exception
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found.  Defaulted to export symbols for ntdll.dll - 
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found.  Defaulted to export symbols for C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\libvlccore.dll - 
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found.  Defaulted to export symbols for C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\codec\libavcodec_plugin.dll - 
Exception Faulting Address: 0x75737574
First Chance Exception Type: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xC0000005)
Exception Sub-Type: Data Execution Protection (DEP) Violation
 
Exception Hash (Major/Minor): 0x307d391a.0x6f0f1537
 
Stack Trace:
Unknown
libvlccore!vout_ReleasePicture+0x32
libavcodec_plugin!vlc_entry_license__1_2_0l+0xe09
libavcodec_plugin!vlc_entry_license__1_2_0l+0xdf26b
libavcodec_plugin!vlc_entry_license__1_2_0l+0xdee0e
libavcodec_plugin!vlc_entry_license__1_2_0l+0xdf37b
ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x18b
Instruction Address: 0x0000000075737574
 
Description: Data Execution Prevention Violation
Short Description: DEPViolation
Exploitability Classification: EXPLOITABLE
Recommended Bug Title: Exploitable - Data Execution Prevention Violation starting at Unknown Symbol @ 0x0000000075737574 called from libvlccore!vout_ReleasePicture+0x0000000000000032 (Hash=0x307d391a.0x6f0f1537)

User mode DEP access violations are exploitable. ################################################################################ Proof of concept included. http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/91522221/file.html

Edited by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
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