Secunia Research: Windows Movie Maker String Parsing Buffer Overflow

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                 Secunia Research 10/08/2010

   - Windows Movie Maker String Parsing Buffer Overflow -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

• Windows Movie Maker 2.1.4027.0

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"You have the inspiration. Now you just need the know-how to bring
your visions to life. See how easy it can be to create, edit, and add
special effects to your movies using Windows Movie Maker.".

Product Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Windows Movie
Maker, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is caused by boundary errors when parsing strings in
imported project files (.MSWMM) and can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution

Apply patches provided by MS10-050.

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6) Time Table

14/03/2010 - Vendor notified.
15/03/2010 - Vendor response.
23/04/2010 - Status update requested.
27/04/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
03/08/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
10/08/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-2564 for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-66/

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