CVE-2006-6539

critical

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp Web Interface (Wawi) 7.5.13 and earlier (1) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an (a) long username or a (b) crafted packet to the FindBasicAuth function in security.cpp, related to the /browse URI; and allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long path string in the (2) Browse, (3) CControl::Download, and (4) CControl::Load functions, related to the file parameter in the /dl URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30825

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30824

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4935

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21539

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454059/100/0/threaded

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017362

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2032

http://secunia.com/advisories/23292

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051217.html

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wawix-adv.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.17674