Signature Detail

APP: Avid Media Composer Remote Stack Buffer Overflow

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Avid Media Composer. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution within the context of the server.

Extended Description

Avid Media Composer is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized memory buffer. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application. Failed attacks may cause a denial-of-service condition. Avid Media Composer 5.5.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Affected Products

• Avid Technology Avid Media Composer 5.5.3

References

• BugTraq: 50843
• CVE: CVE-2011-5003
• URL: http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Avid_Media_Composer-Phonetic_Indexer-Remote_Stack_Buffer_Overflow.pdf
• URL: http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/Media-Composer