Winamp < 5.5 FLAC Plug-in Multiple Buffer Overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 27040

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a multimedia application that is affected by multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Description

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

The version of Winamp installed on the remote Windows host contains a plug-in to handle playing FLAC files that contains several integer buffer overflow vulnerabilities. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted FLAC file, he may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on the host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Either upgrade to Winamp version 5.5 or later or remove the FLAC Input Plug-in (in_flac.dll).

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27040

File Name: winamp_55.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/12/2007

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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/Registry/Enumerated, SMB/Winamp/Version, SMB/Winamp/Path

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4619

BID: 26042

CWE: 189

Detections

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