CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-1272

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .b4s file containing a long playlist name or a long path in a file argument to the Playstring parameter.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to attacks that lead to system crashes and potential remote code execution, which could result in data loss or system takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Winamp to the latest version to mitigate these vulnerabilities and to restrict opening .b4s files from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .b4s file containing (1) a long playlist name or (2) a long path in a file: argument to the Playstring parameter.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS