CVE-2003-1272 — Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .b4s file containing (1) a long playlist name or (2) a long path in a file: argument to the Playstring parameter

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Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .b4s file containing (1) a long playlist name or (2) a long path in a file: argument to the Playstring parameter

Published Nov 16, 2005

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.33%

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Winamp 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .b4s file containing (1) a long playlist name or (2) a long path in a file: argument to the Playstring parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.33% 0.04332

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04332

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.33% (0.04332)	90.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.33% (0.04332)	89.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	3.01% (0.03009)	85.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.71% (0.02709)	90.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 23, 2023	3.02% (0.03015)	89.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.70% (0.03703)	90.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.15% (0.04146)	86.08th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.15% (0.04146)	84.67th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.15% (0.04146)	68.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0025.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10980.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6515
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6516
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10981
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0025.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10980.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6515		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6516		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10981		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 16, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 16, 2005

Link CVE-2003-1272

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-1272

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2003-1272