WinDVD ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow

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Author: Dave Lewis

Heads up Windows users. Here is a highly critical buffer overflow in WinDVD.

From Secunia:

Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in WinDVD, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.

For more information:
SA23032

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 7.0.27.172. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
A fix is not available for version 7.

Upgrade to version 8, which does not include the vulnerable component.

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