Buffer overflow in 11 Public Beta

I get buffer overflows once in a while. I get it when I try to play certain
video streams from Urge. Once one came up when windows was locked. I was
notified by McAfee Enterprise 8i. The definitions for overflows are version
131. They have this to say in the log:

C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe::GetProcAddress bo:heap

Once I clear McAfee, WMP crashes and only can be closed by End Process in
the Task Manager. Thought u might want ot know of this bug.

I've asked testers to look out for this...

Thanks,
-Zach
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"D. White" <DWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I get buffer overflows once in a while. I get it when I try to play
>certain
> video streams from Urge. Once one came up when windows was locked. I was
> notified by McAfee Enterprise 8i. The definitions for overflows are
> version
> 131. They have this to say in the log:
>
> C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe::GetProcAddress bo:heap
>
> Once I clear McAfee, WMP crashes and only can be closed by End Process in
> the Task Manager. Thought u might want ot know of this bug.

I've had this same error occur on two different computers. Normally seems to
happen at the end of the first song in a playlist. Both computers had McAfee
virus scan enterprise 8.0.0 running. Once it crashes the behaviour is same as
described by the previous poster


"D. White" wrote:

> I get buffer overflows once in a while. I get it when I try to play certain
> video streams from Urge. Once one came up when windows was locked. I was
> notified by McAfee Enterprise 8i. The definitions for overflows are version
> 131. They have this to say in the log:
>
> C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe::GetProcAddress bo:heap
>
> Once I clear McAfee, WMP crashes and only can be closed by End Process in
> the Task Manager. Thought u might want ot know of this bug.

Thanks, that's good information to have. I've passed it along to see if
that helps us reproduce the problem...

Regards,
-Zach
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"M.M" <M.M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> I've had this same error occur on two different computers. Normally seems
> to
> happen at the end of the first song in a playlist. Both computers had
> McAfee
> virus scan enterprise 8.0.0 running. Once it crashes the behaviour is same
> as
> described by the previous poster
>
>
> "D. White" wrote:
>
>> I get buffer overflows once in a while. I get it when I try to play
>> certain
>> video streams from Urge. Once one came up when windows was locked. I
>> was
>> notified by McAfee Enterprise 8i. The definitions for overflows are
>> version
>> 131. They have this to say in the log:
>>
>> C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe::GetProcAddress
>> bo:heap
>>
>> Once I clear McAfee, WMP crashes and only can be closed by End Process in
>> the Task Manager. Thought u might want ot know of this bug.

I've had the same problem.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Thanks, that's good information to have. I've passed it along to see if
> that helps us reproduce the problem...
>
> Regards,
> -Zach
> --
> Windows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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> "M.M" <M.M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C084EB92-3CF4-4044-9DAA-7169F4B958AD@microsoft.com...
> >
> > I've had this same error occur on two different computers. Normally seems
> > to
> > happen at the end of the first song in a playlist. Both computers had
> > McAfee
> > virus scan enterprise 8.0.0 running. Once it crashes the behaviour is same
> > as
> > described by the previous poster
> >
> >
> > "D. White" wrote:
> >
> >> I get buffer overflows once in a while. I get it when I try to play
> >> certain
> >> video streams from Urge. Once one came up when windows was locked. I
> >> was
> >> notified by McAfee Enterprise 8i. The definitions for overflows are
> >> version
> >> 131. They have this to say in the log:
> >>
> >> C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe::GetProcAddress
> >> bo:heap
> >>
> >> Once I clear McAfee, WMP crashes and only can be closed by End Process in
> >> the Task Manager. Thought u might want ot know of this bug.
>
>
>

We have the same exact problem on 1 of my user's pcs

This is not just a WMP11 beta problem. I have exactly the same issue with
WMP10 and Macafee buffer overflow protection.

"wnewton00" wrote:

>
> We have the same exact problem on 1 of my user's pcs
>
>

[jasn009]

I am getting buffer overflow in Media Player 11, as detected by MacAfee virus protection. It happens immediatley when I start the player. It was working. Then, it seems, after I installed Netflix Movie viewer and Quick Time, This problem occurred. I am running Windows XP, service pack 3.

What exactly does it say when you're doing what? What plug-ins are enabled
in the player? When did this start happening?

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> I am getting buffer overflow in Media Player 11, as detected by MacAfee
> virus protection. It happens immediatley when I start the player. It was
> working. Then, it seems, after I installed Netflix Movie viewer and
> Quick Time, This problem occurred. I am running Windows XP, service pack
> 3.
>
>
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[jasn009]

"What exactly does it say when you're doing what?"

I am getting buffer overflow in Media Player 11, as detected by MacAfee
virus protection:

"McAfee has automatically blocked a buffer overflow. File: C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOW~2\wmplayer.exe"


It happens immediatley when I start the player. But only when I start by double-clicking a shortcut or double-clicking a movie file such as *.wmv.
Nu such message when Media Player starts from the run command or a command line.


What plug-ins are enabled in the player?
None

"When did this start happening?"


It seems, after I installed Netflix Movie viewer and
Quick Time, This problem occurred. I am running Windows XP, service pack 3.

What are the results of WMP's Help:about:Technical Support Information menu
tool?

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"jasn009" <jasn009.3fgabb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "What exactly does it say when you're doing what?"
>
> I am getting buffer overflow in Media Player 11, as detected by
> MacAfee
> virus protection:
>
> "McAfee has automatically blocked a buffer overflow. File:
> C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOW~2\wmplayer.exe"
>
>
> It happens immediatley when I start the player. But only when I start
> by double-clicking a shortcut or double-clicking a movie file such as
> *.wmv.
> Nu such message when Media Player starts from the run command or a
> command line.
>
>
> What plug-ins are enabled in the player?
> None
>
> "When did this start happening?"
>
>
> It seems, after I installed Netflix Movie viewer and
> Quick Time, This problem occurred. I am running Windows XP, service
> pack 3.
>
>
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