Memory corruption in Winamp - CVE-2017-10728
Published: May 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12818
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10728
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Nullsoft
Affected software:
Winamp
Winamp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted .flv file, related to "Error Code (0xe06d7363) starting at wow64!Wow64NotifyDebugger+0x000000000000001d", trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted .flv file, related to "Error Code (0xe06d7363) starting at wow64!Wow64NotifyDebugger+0x000000000000001d", trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10728
Install update from vendor's website.