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Zoom PlayerApplication · Inmatrix

CVE-2013-3259

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2014-03-03
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 8.6.1 or later.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Stack-based buffer overflow in INMATRIX Zoom Player before 8.7 beta 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large biClrUsed value in a BMP file.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Stack-based buffer overflow in INMATRIX Zoom Player's BMP file parsing routine. The vulnerability is triggered when processing a BMP file with an oversized biClrUsed value, causing a buffer overflow on the stack and allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

MitigationUpdate Zoom Player to version 8.7 beta 11 or later. Avoid opening untrusted BMP files from unknown or untrusted sources until the update is applied.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Zoom PlayerApplication
Affected:<= 8.6.1= 8.00= 8.1.1= 8.1.5= 8.1.6= 8.5= 8.6= 8.10

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed Zoom Player version
    Open Zoom Player, go to Help > About, or right-click the executable (ZoomPlayer.exe) in Program Files and view Properties > Details to find the version number
    Affected if Version is 8.6.1 or lower, or exactly 8.00, 8.1.1, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.5, 8.6, or 8.10
  2. Locate Zoom Player executable
    Navigate to the installation directory (typically C:\Program Files\Inmatrix\Zoom Player or C:\Program Files (x86)\Inmatrix\Zoom Player) and confirm ZoomPlayer.exe exists
    Affected if The executable is present and version matches affected versions from step 1
  3. Confirm BMP file association or capability
    Check if Zoom Player is configured to open BMP files: right-click a BMP file > Open with > Choose default program, or check File > Open dialogs within Zoom Player for BMP support
    Affected if Zoom Player can open or preview BMP files (vulnerable parsing routine is invoked when BMP files are loaded)

You are affected if Zoom Player version is one of the affected versions (8.6.1 and below, or exactly 8.00, 8.1.1, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.5, 8.6, 8.10) AND the application is used to open BMP files.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 8.6.1
Interim mitigation

Update Zoom Player to version 8.7 beta 11 or later. Avoid opening untrusted BMP files from unknown or untrusted sources until the update is applied.

Fix this in Zoom Player Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
6.0 hours of engineering $1,060
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