# CVE-2004-1396: Winamp 5.07 and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or CPU consumption) via (1)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-02-12 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Winamp 5.07 and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or CPU consumption) via (1) an mp4 or m4a playlist file that contains invalid tag data or (2) an invalid .nsv or .nsa file.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11909
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/372968
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18467
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18466
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Dec/1012525.html
- http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202007
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110303988101973&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110297310503541&w=2

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