Winamp AVI File RIFF Data Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:40482

Info

Winamp AVI File RIFF Data Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 40482
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 04 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 04 2010 12:00AM
Credit: Praveen Darshanam
Vulnerable: NullSoft Winamp 5.3.2
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 91
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 9
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 8c
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 8
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 7
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 6
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 5
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 4
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 3a
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 3
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 2
NullSoft Winamp 5.0 1
NullSoft Winamp 5.571
NullSoft Winamp 5.57
NullSoft Winamp 5.56
NullSoft Winamp 5.552
NullSoft Winamp 5.55
NullSoft Winamp 5.541
NullSoft Winamp 5.54
NullSoft Winamp 5.52
NullSoft Winamp 5.51
NullSoft Winamp 5.5
NullSoft Winamp 5.35
NullSoft Winamp 5.34a
NullSoft Winamp 5.34
NullSoft Winamp 5.33
NullSoft Winamp 5.31
NullSoft Winamp 5.3
NullSoft Winamp 5.24
NullSoft Winamp 5.22
NullSoft Winamp 5.21
NullSoft Winamp 5.2
NullSoft Winamp 5.13
NullSoft Winamp 5.12
NullSoft Winamp 5.11
NullSoft Winamp 5.10
NullSoft Winamp 5.094
NullSoft Winamp 5.08
NullSoft Winamp 5.06
NullSoft Winamp 5.05
Not Vulnerable: NullSoft Winamp 5.572

Discussion

Winamp AVI File RIFF Data Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Winamp is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers may leverage this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Given the nature of this issue, the attacker may also be able to run arbitrary code, but this has not been confirmed.

Versions prior to Winamp 5.572 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Winamp AVI File RIFF Data Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Winamp AVI File RIFF Data Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available; please see the references for more information.

References

Winamp AVI File RIFF Data Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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