Vulnerability Note VU#451096

Oliver Debon Flash plug-in vulnerable to buffer overflow processing incorrectly formatted sound file

Overview

When passed an incorrectly formatted sound file, the Oliver Debon (freeware) Flash plug-in is reportedly vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

I. Description

The DefineSound tag in a sound file passes data to a Flash plug-in. If this tag specifies fewer samples than are actually present in the data, a buffer overflow may occur in the plug-in produced by Oliver Debon.

II. Impact

The attacker may crash browser or execute commands as the user running the Flash plug-in.

III. Solution

Because the software is unsupported and no patches are available, CERT/CC is unaware of any corrective measures.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Macromedia	Not Vulnerable	15-May-2001

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2214

Credit

Neal Krawetz authored the original description of the vulnerability.

This document was last modified by Tim Shimeall

Other Information

Date Public	01/05/2001
Date First Published	05/17/2001 09:36:19 AM
Date Last Updated	06/20/2001
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CAN-2001-0127
Metric	0.08
Document Revision	10

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