Winamp < 5.34a MP4 File Handling Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3976

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running Winamp, a multimedia software application. This version of Winamp is vulnerable to a content-parsing flaw when handling malformed MP4 files. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince a local user to open a malicious MP4 file with Winamp. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker executing arbitrary code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.34a or higher.

See Also

http://www.winamp.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3976

Family: Generic

Published: 5/1/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 25956

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nullsoft:winamp

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2498

BID: 23723