CVE-2002-0547 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the mini-browser for Winamp 2.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the title field of an ID3v2 tag.

Published: 2002-06-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0542	Buffer overflow in the mini-browser for Winamp 2.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the title field of an ID3v2 tag.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01662.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0373.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8946.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4609
http://www.winamp.com/download/newfeatures.jhtml

History

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Subscriptions

Nullsoft Winamp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:37.312Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0547

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-03T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0547

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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