PT-2005-3064 · Microsoft · Windows Media Player+1

Published 2005-10-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2005-2128

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows Media Player 9

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to write a null byte to arbitrary memory via a crafted AVI file. This is achieved by modifying the length value in the strn element of the AVI file, which is processed by the QUARTZ.DLL component in Microsoft Windows Media Player.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Windows Media Player 9, consider avoiding the use of AVI files from untrusted sources until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the QUARTZ.DLL component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2128

Affected Products

Windows Media Player

Quartz.Dll

References · 16

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-050 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2128 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17160 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1149 · Note
• http://eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051011a.html · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1267 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17509 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/18822 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1424 · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1434 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/995220 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1231 · Note