PT-2008-1723 · Nullsoft · Winamp

Published 2008-01-22 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-0065

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Winamp versions 5.21, 5.5, 5.51

Description The issue is related to multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the in mp3.dll component, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved by providing a long artist or name tag in Ultravox streaming metadata, specifically during the construction of stream titles.

Recommendations For Winamp version 5.21, update to a version that addresses the buffer overflow issue in in mp3.dll. For Winamp version 5.5, update to a version that addresses the buffer overflow issue in in mp3.dll. For Winamp version 5.51, update to a version that addresses the buffer overflow issue in in mp3.dll.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0065

Affected Products

Winamp

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/winamp_ultravox.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16611 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27865 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0065 · Security Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39778 · Note
• http://frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0183 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0183 · Note
• http://winamp.com/player/version-history · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39778 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0065 · Note
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-2/advisory · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27344 · Note