CVE-2006-0720

Winamp vulnerability

CVSS

7.6

EPSS

10.3%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12 and 5.13 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .m3u file that causes an incorrect strncpy function call when the player pauses or stops the file.

Affected vendor

Nullsoft

Affected product

Winamp

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2006-02-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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