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>> Winamp AIFF File Header Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Winamp AIFF File Header Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2009-0113
CVE ID : CVE-2009-0263
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2009-01-13
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A vulnerability has been identified in Winamp, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when parsing a AIFF file with a malformed header, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file.
Affected Products
Winamp version 5.541 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0113
Credits
Vulnerability reported by securfrog.
ChangeLog
2009-01-13 : Initial release
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