CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1791

9.3 HIGH Published 2009-05-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-05-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1.0.15 through 1.0.19, as used in Winamp 5.552 and possibly other media programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an AIFF file with an invalid header value.

Affected configurations

• mega-nerd libsndfile 1.0.15 • mega-nerd libsndfile 1.0.16 • mega-nerd libsndfile 1.0.17 • mega-nerd libsndfile 1.0.18 • mega-nerd libsndfile 1.0.19 • nullsoft winamp 5.5 • nullsoft winamp 5.51 • nullsoft winamp 5.52 • nullsoft winamp 5.54 • nullsoft winamp 5.55 • nullsoft winamp 5.541 • nullsoft winamp 5.552

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References