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Winamp AIFF File Header Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 14 Jan 2009 5394 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in Winamp, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when parsing a AIFF file with a malformed header, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Winamp version 5.x

Solutions

  • It is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
  • Workaround:Do not open untrusted files using Winamp.


Vulnerability Identifier

  • No CVE information is available

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