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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:58:24 +0200
From: Geoffroy Couprie <geal@...eolan.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: VLC media player - DLL preloading vulnerability
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Steven M. Christey
<coley@...us.mitre.org> wrote:
>
> We will have one CVE per vulnerable application. Yes, it's going to be very
> painful. Roughly, the rationale is: "the product does not protect against a
> common configuration/behavior in its environment."
>
>> VLC was exploitable by loading wintab32.dll, a component request by
>> Qt, as shown in http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14750/
>
> Use CVE-2010-3124
Thank you.
>
>
>> There's another possibility with DMO.
>
> Is this a distinct product outside of VLC, or is it just a different
> component / attack vector?
>
DMO stands for DirectX media objects. These are the codecs and video
filters used in DirectShow. So, potentially, all the applications
using external codecs or filters are vulnerable. And the issue with
wintab32.dll is caused by Qt, so developers using Qt should check
their applications.
Best regards,
--
Geoffroy Couprie
http://unhandledexpression.com
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