Winamp gen_ff.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
🗓️ 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winamp MAKI Buffer Overflow | 11 Sep 201200:00 | – | zdt | |
| Winamp < 5.552 Buffer Overflow | 18 Aug 200400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Winamp < 5.552 Modern Skins Support Module (gen_ff.dll) MAKI File Handling Overflow | 22 May 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2009-1831 | 22 May 200900:00 | – | circl | |
| Winamp Maki File Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2009-1831) | 16 Apr 201400:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| Winamp Maki File Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-1831) | 22 Mar 201700:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2009-1831 | 29 May 200922:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2009-1831 | 29 May 200922:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Winamp - MAKI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 12 Sep 201200:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| Winamp 5.551 - MAKI Parsing Integer Overflow (PoC) | 22 May 200900:00 | – | exploitdb |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/35052 |
| vrt-sourcefire | www.vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/05/winamp-maki-parsing-vulnerability.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900552");
script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:52 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-06-04 10:49:28 +0200 (Thu, 04 Jun 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1831");
script_name("Winamp gen_ff.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/05/winamp-maki-parsing-vulnerability.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35052");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("secpod_winamp_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Winamp/Version");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers may leverage this issue by executing arbitrary codes in the
context of the affected application via specially crafted .maki files and can cause denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Winamp version 5.55 and prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability exists in the gen_ff.dll file which is prone to integer
overflow due to an incorrect type cast error while processing malicious .maki file.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the version 5.552.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Winamp is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
winampVer = get_kb_item("Winamp/Version");
if(!winampVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less_equal(version:winampVer, test_version:"5.5.5.2405"))
{
winPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" +
"\App Paths\winamp.exe", item:"Path");
if(!winPath){
exit(0);
}
winPath = winPath + "\Plugins\gen_ff.dll";
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:winPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:winPath);
dllSize = get_file_size(share:share, file:file);
if(dllSize){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:winampVer, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 5.5.5.2405", install_path:winPath);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
}
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05 Mar 2025 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.36337