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>> AOL Nullsoft Winamp "libmp4v2" MP4 File Handling Command Execution Vulnerability

Title : AOL Nullsoft Winamp "libmp4v2" MP4 File Handling Command Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1594
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2498
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-30


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A vulnerability has been identified in AOL Nullsoft Winamp, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the "libmp4v2.dll" module when processing a malformed MP4 file, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MP4 file.

Affected Products

AOL Nullsoft Winamp version 5.34 and prior

Solution

Apply Winamp 5.34a Security Patch :
http://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client/wa5update.exe

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1594
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?postid=2180629#post2180629

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Marsu

ChangeLog

2007-04-30 : Initial release
2007-05-03 : Updated Solution

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