oss-security - CVE request: VLC - crash and potential code execution when processing QuickTime IMA files

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Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 14:25:09 +0100
From: Patrick Coleman <blinken@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: VLC - crash and potential code execution when processing
 QuickTime IMA files

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Hi,

In modules/codec/adpcm.c, VLC can be made to perform an out-of-bounds
write with user-controlled input.

The function DecodeAdpcmImaQT at adpcm.c:595 allocates a buffer which
is filled with bytes from the input stream. However, it does not check
that the number of channels in the input stream is less than or equal
to the size of the buffer, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. The
number of channels is clamped at <= 5.

adpcm_ima_wav_channel_t channel[2];
...
for( i_ch = 0; i_ch < p_dec->fmt_in.audio.i_channels; i_ch++ )
{
    channel[i_ch].i_predictor  = (int16_t)((( ( p_buffer[0] << 1 )|(
p_buffer[1] >> 7 ) ))<<7);
    channel[i_ch].i_step_index = p_buffer[1]&0x7f;
...

The mangling of the input p_buffer above and in
AdpcmImaWavExpandNibble() makes this difficult to exploit, but there
is a potential for remote code execution via a malicious media file.

Please find attached a POC which crashes VLC[1].

The vendor has confirmed the issue has been resolved and will be fixed
in VLC 2.2.4 and VLC 3.0.0.

Please allocate a CVE for this issue. If you require any further
information, please let me know.

Regards,

Patrick

1. Also <https://blinken.co/20160527_vlc_poc_chans4.mov>. SHA1
08e1e74cf4edf19dddcea1c4da14798654d16097

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