Nullsoft Winamp MIDI File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:23568

Info

Nullsoft Winamp MIDI File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23568
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 19 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 24 2007 06:10PM
Credit: UniquE-Cracker is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: NullSoft Winamp 5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Nullsoft Winamp MIDI File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Nullsoft Winamp is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing malformed MIDI files.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to crash affected applications. Code execution may also be possible, but this has not been confirmed.

This issue is reported to affect Winamp 5.3; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Nullsoft Winamp MIDI File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Sample exploits have been provided:

Solution / Fix

Nullsoft Winamp MIDI File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

Nullsoft Winamp MIDI File Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

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