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WinAmp MIDI File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA20722
Release Date: 2006-06-21
Last Update: 2008-05-15
Popularity: 19,480 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Winamp 5.x

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Description:
BassReFLeX has discovered a vulnerability in WinAmp, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is cause due to a boundary error within the MIDI plug-in (in_midi.dll) when handling MIDI files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a malicious ".mid" file with a specially crafted header.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 5.23 and has also been reported in version 5.21. Other versions may also be affected.

NOTE: The vulnerability may be related to one reported by Fortinet Security Research Team.

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