Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2012-267 |
Date Published: | 18 Jun 2012 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Thursday 21 November, 2024 |
Source: | CVE-2008-2253 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 |
Vulnerability Description | A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows Media Player 11. |
Vulnerability Details | The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow condition in Windows Media Player 11 that fails to properly handle specially crafted audio-only files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted WSX file. Successful exploitation of this issue would allow the attacker to take complete control of the affected system. |
IPS will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted WSX files over HTTP.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: RTSP Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Microsoft Media Player Audio Sampling Rate Memory Corruption (MS08-054)