CVE-2004-1396 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Winamp or consume CPU by tricking users into opening malicious playlist or media files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1396?
CVE-2004-1396 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nullsoft Winamp, published on 12 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Winamp 5.07 and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or CPU consumption) via (1) an mp4 or m4a playlist file that contains invalid tag data or (2) an invalid .nsv or .nsa file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1396?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nullsoft Winamp.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1396?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1396 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-1396 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1396 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nullsoft Winamp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3rr5-mjc8-9763.