Winamp < 5.14 .M3U File Handling Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3445

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using Winamp, a popular media player for Windows. It is possible that a remote attacker using a specially-crafted playlist can cause a buffer overflow in the version of Winamp installed on the remote host, resulting in a crash of the application or even execution of arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince a Winamp user to open a malicious '.m3u' file.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.14 or higher.

See Also

http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060129.winamp0day.c.php

http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=377

http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=378

http://www.winamp.com/player/version-history

http://www.winamp.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3445

Family: Generic

Published: 2/23/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 20826

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:W/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nullsoft:winamp

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Winamp Playlist UNC Path Computer Name Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3188, CVE-2006-0476, CVE-2006-0720

BID: 16785, 16410, 16462