CVE-2003-1272

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .b4s file containing (1) a long playlist name or (2) a long path in a file: argument to the Playstring parameter.

Affected products

Nullsoft Winamp: 3.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0025.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10980.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6515
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6516
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10981
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0025.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10980.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6515
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6516
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10981

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