Code execution via oversized M3U playlist entry
Published Aug 30, 2025 · Updated May 15, 2026
Buffer overflow in WM Downloader 3.1.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute code by inducing a user to open a crafted M3U file. The M3U playlist parser accepts an oversized entry without enforcing its buffer limit, allowing data at offset 43,480 to overwrite SEH control records. Successful exploitation requires user interaction and runs the supplied payload with the privileges of the current user.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in WM Downloader 3.1.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute code by inducing a user to open a crafted M3U file. The M3U playlist parser accepts an oversized entry without enforcing its buffer limit, allowing data at offset 43,480 to overwrite SEH control records. Successful exploitation requires user interaction and runs the supplied payload with the privileges of the current user.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2010-10017
- Published
- Aug 30, 2025
- Updated
- May 15, 2026
- Vendor
- Mini-stream Software, Inc.
- Product
- WM Downloader
- Classifications
- CWE-120, CWE-134, T1204.002, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.1.2.2
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Public exploit references
- WM Downloader 3.1.2.2 Buffer Overflow Metasploit Modulefunctional · unverified
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