CVE-2006-0476
Buffer overflow in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a playlist (pls) file with a long file name…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 75.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a playlist (pls) file with a long file name (File1 field).
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- Winamp Playlist UNC Path Computer Name Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/winamp_playlist_uncRank greatdisclosed 29 Jan 2006
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Winamp - Playlist UNC Path Computer Name Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16531local, windowspublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- Winamp 5.12 - '.pls' Remote Buffer Overflow (Perl) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3422remote, windowspublished 7 Mar 2007Verified
- Winamp 5.12 - '.pls' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1460remote, windowspublished 31 Jan 2006Verified
- Winamp 5.12 - '.pls' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1458remote, windowspublished 29 Jan 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 3422 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.0% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- 398 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- winamp-playlist-filename-bo(24361) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1015552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 3422 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 18649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/68981 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0361 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060131 Re: Re: Winamp 5.12 - 0day exploit - code execution through playlist (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1402 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.winamp.com/player/version_history.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060130 Winamp 5.12 - 0day exploit - code execution through playlist (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16410 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 22789 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA06-032A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- VU#604745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0483 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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