Title : Nullsoft Winamp Playlist Handling Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0361 CVE ID : CVE-2005-3188 - CVE-2006-0476 CWE ID : CWE-OVAL1402
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-01-29
Technical Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Winamp, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
The first flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when processing a specially crafted playlist (".pls" file) containing a malformed "File" tag, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take complete control of an affected system without any user-interaction via a specially crafted web page.
The second issue is due to a stack overflow error when processing malformed "m3u" or "pls" files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.
The third vulnerability is due to an error when processing playlists containing a specially crafted ".wma" filename, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
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