First published: Wed Dec 31 2003(Updated: )
Winamp 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a .b4s file with a playlist name that contains some non-English characters, e.g. Cyrillic characters.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Winamp iPod Plugin | =3.0 |
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CVE-2003-1273 has a severity rating classified as a denial of service vulnerability.
To mitigate CVE-2003-1273, avoid using .b4s files with non-English characters in playlist names.
CVE-2003-1273 specifically affects Winamp version 3.0.
Yes, CVE-2003-1273 can be exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted .b4s file.
The consequence of CVE-2003-1273 is a potential crash of the Winamp application, leading to a denial of service.