Nullsoft Winamp Large MP4 / M4A File Remote DoS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2455

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using WinAMP, a popular media player that handles many files format (mp3, wavs and more).
The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability when it processes malformed .mp4 and .m4a files. An attacker may exploit this flaw by sending malformed files to a victim on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 2455

Family: Generic

Published: 12/13/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 15952

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nullsoft:winamp

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1396

BID: 11909

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