PT-2008-6795 · Microsoft · Directshow+2

Published 2008-12-29 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5745

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Media Player versions 9 through 11

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the quartz.dll component of the DirectShow framework in Windows Media Player. This can be triggered by a crafted WAV, SND, or MID file, leading to a denial of service in the form of an application crash.

Recommendations For Windows Media Player versions 9 through 11, consider restricting the playback of WAV, SND, and MID files from untrusted sources until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the affected quartz.dll component if possible. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5745

Affected Products

Directshow

Windows Media Player

Quartz.Dll

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/33018 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7585 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32684 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5745 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47664 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4823 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499579/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021495 · Note