Illustrate Dbpoweramp Audio Player 2.0 musicconverter.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Illustrate Dbpoweramp Audio Player 2.0. This affects an unknown part of the file musicconverter.exe. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1569. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Illustrate Dbpoweramp Audio Player 2.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file musicconverter.exe. 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 integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in (1) MusicConverter.exe, (2) playlist.exe, and (3) amp.exe in dBpowerAMP Audio Player 2.0 and dbPowerAmp Music Converter 10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a .pls or .m3u playlist that contains long File1 (filename) fields.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2004 by James Bercegay with Gulftech as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1569 since 02/20/2005. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by GulfTech Security in ANSI C and been published 11 years after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17539), Exploit-DB (43816), SecurityFocus (BID 11266†) and Secunia (SA12684†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: GulfTech Security
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/28/2004 🔍
09/29/2004 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +93 days 🔍
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02/20/2005 +51 days 🔍
09/27/2014 +3506 days 🔍
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02/27/2015 +153 days 🔍
08/17/2025 +3824 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: James Bercegay
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1569 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1569
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22849
X-Force: 17539 - dBpowerAMP Music Converter file name buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 11266 - Illustrate dBpowerAMP Music Converter and Audio Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12684 - dBpowerAMP Audio Player / Music Converter Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2015 16:01
Updated: 08/17/2025 20:34
Changes: 02/27/2015 16:01 (58), 06/23/2018 07:31 (11), 08/17/2025 20:34 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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