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January 23, 2001 12:00 AM

WinAmp Subject to Denial of Service

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InstantDoc ID #19798
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Reported January 23, 2001, by Win2KsecAdvice.

VERSIONS AFFECTED

  • Nullsoft Winamp 1.90

  • Nullsoft Winamp 2.72

DESCRIPTION

A boundary-checking problem that was discovered and patched in earlier versions of Winamp has resurfaced. If a user opens a location that is 256 bytes long, Winamp crashes.

DEMONSTRATION

The following causes Winamp to crash:  

C:\>Winamp aaaaaa (x260)

VENDOR RESPONSE

The vendor, Nullsoft, was notified more than 2 years ago about the original problem and has been notified recently about the same issue occurring in Winamp 1.90 and WinAmp 2.72.

CREDIT
Discovered by Strumf Noir Security.

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