Multiple Vendor FLAC Library Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities iDefense Security Advisory 10.11.07 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Oct 11, 2007 I. BACKGROUND Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a popular file format for audio data compression. AOL Corp.'s Winamp media player has support for the FLAC format. More information about FLAC and Winamp is available at the following URLs. http://flac.sourceforge.net/ http://www.winamp.com/ II. DESCRIPTION Remote exploitation of multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in libFLAC, as included with various vendor's software distributions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged in user. These vulnerabilities specifically exist in the handling of malformed FLAC media files. In each case, an integer overflow can occur while calculating the amount of memory to allocate. As such, insufficient memory is allocated for the data that is subsequently read in from the file, and a heap based buffer overflow occurs. III. ANALYSIS Exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user attempting to play the media file. Exploitation requires that an attacker persuade a targeted user into opening a malformed FLAC file. IV. DETECTION iDefense has confirmed the existence of these vulnerabilities libFLAC 1.2.0, as well as the version of libFLAC included in in the full 5.35 version Winamp. Previous versions of libFLAC may also be vulnerable. The lite version of Winamp does not include support for the FLAC file format, and as such is not vulnerable. V. WORKAROUND For Winamp users, it is possible to remove support for the FLAC file format by uninstalling the FLAC input plug-in. VI. VENDOR RESPONSE The FLAC maintainers have released version 1.2.1 of FLAC to address these vulnerabilities. AOL Corp. has addressed this vulnerability in version 5.5 of Winamp. For more information see the FLAC change log at the following URL. http://flac.sourceforge.net/changelog.html VII. CVE INFORMATION The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2007-4619 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems. VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE 08/29/2007 Initial vendor notification 08/29/2007 Initial vendor response 10/11/2007 Coordinated public disclosure IX. CREDIT This vulnerability was reported to iDefense by Sean de Regge. Get paid for vulnerability research http://labs.idefense.com/methodology/vulnerability/vcp.php Free tools, research and upcoming events http://labs.idefense.com/ X. LEGAL NOTICES Copyright © 2007 iDefense, Inc. Permission is granted for the redistribution of this alert electronically. It may not be edited in any way without the express written consent of iDefense. If you wish to reprint the whole or any part of this alert in any other medium other than electronically, please e-mail customerservice@private for permission. Disclaimer: The information in the advisory is believed to be accurate at the time of publishing based on currently available information. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are no warranties with regard to this information. Neither the author nor the publisher accepts any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage arising from use of, or reliance on, this information.
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