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PCWorks: Winamp MP4 File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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United States
2007-05-02 10:10:33
TITLE:
Winamp MP4 File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25089

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.c
om/advisories/25089/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Winamp 5.x
http://secunia.com/p
roduct/3021/

DESCRIPTION:
Marsu has reported a vulnerability in Winamp, which can be 
exploited
by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
handling 
of
MP4 files and can be exploited to cause memory corruption
via a
specially crafted MP4 file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5.34. Other
versions 
may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted MP4 files.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/e
xploits/3823
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