Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in Winamp version 5.622, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. An integer overflow error in the in_avi.dll plugin when allocating memory using the number of streams header value can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted AVI file. An integer overflow error in the in_avi.dll plugin when allocating memory using the RIFF INFO chunk's size value can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted AVI file.
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Secunia Research 12/12/2011
- Winamp AVI Processing Two Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Winamp 5.622
NOTE: Prior versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"The way you listen, watch, manage and sync your media. Winamp is for
people who like to customize, tinker and tweak: offering the widest
range of extensions, skins, and services to add to your listening
experience."
Product Link:
http://www.winamp.com/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in Winamp, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) An integer overflow error in the in_avi.dll plugin when allocating
memory using the number of streams header value can be exploited to
cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted AVI file.
2) An integer overflow error in the in_avi.dll plugin when allocating
memory using the RIFF INFO chunk's size value can be exploited to
cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted AVI file.
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5) Solution
Update to version 5.623.
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6) Time Table
16/11/2011 - Vendor notified.
16/11/2011 - Vendor response.
12/12/2011 - Vendor released fixed version.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Dmitriy Pletnev, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2011-3834 for the vulnerabilities.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-81/
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