EIP-2026-118083

PRE-CVE

VUPlayer 2.49 - '.wax' Local Buffer Overflow

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-118083. PoCs published by Houssamix.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script exploits a local buffer overflow in VUPlayer v2.49 by crafting a malicious .m3u file with a long string of 'A's, a return address pointing to a call ESP instruction in kernel32.dll, NOP sleds, and shellcode to execute calc.exe. The exploit targets the handling of .wax, .m3u, and .pls files.

Description

VUPlayer 2.49 - '.wax' Local Buffer Overflow

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Houssamix · perllocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7671

This Perl script exploits a local buffer overflow in VUPlayer v2.49 by crafting a malicious .m3u file with a long string of 'A's, a return address pointing to a call ESP instruction in kernel32.dll, NOP sleds, and shellcode to execute calc.exe. The exploit targets the handling of .wax, .m3u, and .pls files.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: VUPlayer v2.49
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious .m3u file with VUPlayer v2.49
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026