CVE Catalog

CVE-2010-20042

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Xion Audio Player versions 1.0.126 and prior are vulnerable to a Unicode-based stack buffer overflow triggered by opening a specially crafted .m3u playlist file. The file contains an overly long string that overwrites the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) chain, allowing an attacker to hijack execution flow and run arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution, posing a serious security threat to systems using Xion Audio Player.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Xion Audio Player to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to limit the opening of unknown .m3u files.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Xion Audio Player versions 1.0.126 and prior are vulnerable to a Unicode-based stack buffer overflow triggered by opening a specially crafted .m3u playlist file. The file contains an overly long string that overwrites the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) chain, allowing an attacker to hijack execution flow and run arbitrary code.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS