A vulnerability has been found in NullSoft WinAmp up to 5.34a (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component MP4 File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/01/2007 by Marsu (Website). The advisory is available at forums.winamp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-2498. The attack can be initiated remotely. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Marsu and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25956 (Winamp < 5.35 MP4 File Handling Buffer Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (3823) and Tenable (25956). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-36603.

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• Multimedia Player Software

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• NullSoft

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• WinAmp

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• 5.34a

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• free

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• end of life

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