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MS.Windows.Media.Runtime.Voice.Sample.Rate.Code.Execution

Release Date

Oct 16, 2009

Severity

critical

Impact

System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

Description

This indicates an attempt to exploit a code execution vulnerability in Windows Media Player.

The vulnerability is caused by an error that occurs when the vulnerable software handles a malformed ASF file. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted audio file.

Affected Products

DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder on Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder on Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder on Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder on Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

Recommended Actions

Refer to the vendor's web site for suggested workaround.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms09-051.mspx

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-2009-2525
CVE-2009-0555

Reference/s

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms09-051.mspx (MS-ID)

Reference: VID-17803