Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities has been discovered in CoolPlayer+ Portable, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
CoolPlayer+ Portable Playlist File Parsing Buffer Overflows
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34816
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/34816/
DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities has been discovered in CoolPlayer+ Portable,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors when parsing
playlist files.
For more information:
SA31294
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 2.19.1. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not load untrusted playlists.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
GoLd_M
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://milw0rm.com/exploits/8489
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31294:
https://secunia.com/advisories/31294/
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