Winamp < 5.093 Malformed ID3v2 Tag Handling Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 19217

Synopsis

A multimedia application that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability is installed on the remote Windows host.

Description

The remote host is using Winamp, a popular media player for Windows.

The installed version of Winamp suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing overly-long ID3v2 tags in an MP3 file. An attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Winamp version 5.093 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19217

File Name: winamp_id3v2_tag_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/18/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nullsoft:winamp

Required KB Items: SMB/Winamp/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2310

BID: 14276

CWE: 119

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