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Multiple vulnerabilities in WinAmp – Affected all versions (including 5.13)

Myantispyware team February 19, 2006    

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Winamp, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of the affected system.

The first flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when processing a specially crafted playlist containing an overly long media filename, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system via a specially crafted playlist.

The second issue is due to a buffer overflow error when processing a playlist (.m3u) with an overly long filename, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and take complete control of an affected system via a specially crafted web page.

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