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Winamp MP4 File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Well, it appears that Marsu is at it again, and less than 24 hours after his release of the Adobe vulnerability.

From Secunia:

Description:
Marsu has reported a vulnerability in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of MP4 files and can be exploited to cause memory corruption via a specially crafted MP4 file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5.34. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Do not open untrusted MP4 files.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Marsu

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