Advisory Details

December 11th, 2019

Microsoft Windows Media Player Color Conversion Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-19-1003
ZDI-CAN-8186

CVE ID CVE-2019-1481
CVSS SCORE 4.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Windows Media Player
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Windows Media Player. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of AVI files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1481
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2019-08-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2019-12-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Hossein Lotfi of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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