Summary
This host is installed with PIPI Player and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application.
Impact Level: Application.
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
A workaround is to set the kill-bit for the affected ActiveX control.
Insight
The flaw is due to an error when processing the 'PlayURL()' and 'PlayURLWithLocalPlayer()' methods. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long string passed to the methods.
Affected
PIPI Player version 2.8.0.0
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1065 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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