CVE-2006-0720
Stack-based buffer overflow in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12 and 5.13 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 10.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Nullsoft Winamp 5.12 and 5.13 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .m3u file that causes an incorrect strncpy function call when the player pauses or stops the file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Winamp 5.12 - '.m3u' Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26245local, windowspublished 17 Jun 2013Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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)
- 10.5% · top 4.2% 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
7
- 20060223 NSFOCUS SA2006-01 : Winamp m3u File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 476 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- winamp-m3u-wma-bo(24740) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=238648 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.nsfocus.com/english/homepage/research/0601.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 16785 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015675 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2006-0727 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-0720)Record last updated .