Winamp AIFF File Header Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
14 Jan 2009
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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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