Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX, as used in the AVI Filter on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, and in Quartz on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted length field in an unspecified video stream, which is not properly handled by the RLE video decompressor, aka "DirectShow Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8064 | vdb entry signature |
| http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074167 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38112 | vdb entry |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html | third party advisory us government resource |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/38511 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-015/ | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-013 | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509472/100/0/threaded | mailing list |