Security pros warn of 'critical' Winamp bug

Iria · May 2, 2007, 05:25 AM

Source: ComputerWorld
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May 01, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Security companies today warned Winamp users that the music player application has a bug that could give attackers the means to hijack PCs.

According to Danish vulnerability tracker Secunia and eEye Digital Security of California, the Winamp 5.34 plug-in that decodes MP4 files is flawed. If a specially crafted MP4 file is fed to the player, an attacker could compromise the machine and execute his own malicious code remotely.

May 2, 2007, 05:25 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Security pros warn of 'critical' Winamp bug Source: ComputerWorld ________ May 01, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Security companies today warned Winamp users that the music player application has a bug that could give attackers the means to hijack PCs. According to Danish vulnerability tracker Secunia and eEye Digital Security of California, the Winamp 5.34 plug-in that decodes MP4 files is flawed. If a specially crafted MP4 file is fed to the player, an attacker could compromise the machine and execute his own malicious code remotely.