A vulnerability was found in NullSoft WinAmp up to 5.541 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component AIFF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 01/13/2009 by securfrog (Website). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0263. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by securfrog and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 35788 (Winamp < 5.55 AIFF File Handling 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 (7742) and Tenable (35788). Similar entry is available at VDB-46059.

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• Multimedia Player Software

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• NullSoft

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• WinAmp

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• 5.541

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• free

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• end of life

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