Input validation error in Winamp - CVE-2013-4694
Published: April 17, 2014 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41793
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4694
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Nullsoft
Affected software:
Winamp
Winamp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a package with a long Skin directory name. NOTE: a second buffer overflow involving a long GUI Search field to ml_local.dll was also reported.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4694
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=364291
- http://osvdb.org/94739
- http://osvdb.org/94740
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122239/WinAmp-5.63-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122978
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/4
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26558
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60883
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030107
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85399
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2013/07/winamp-v5-64-fixes-several-code-execution-vulnerabilities-cve-2013-4694-cve-2013-4695