CVE-2009-3997

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in IN_MOD.DLL (aka the Module Decoder Plug-in) in Winamp before 5.57 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Oktalyzer file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Nullsoft Winamp: through 5.56; 0.20a, 0.92, 1.006, 1.90, 2.0, 2.4 (+81)

References

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=315355
http://secunia.com/advisories/37495
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-57/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508524/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37374
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3575
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15715
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=315355
http://secunia.com/advisories/37495
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-57/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508524/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37374

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