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Winamp Player FLV Data Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 14 Jul 2010 5384 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

Multiple vulnerabilitieshave been identified in Winamp, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by integer and buffer overflow errors within the "vp6.w5s" component when parsing malformed Flash Video data, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted FLV file.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Winamp version 5.572 and prior

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.


Vulnerability Identifier

  • No CVE information is available

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