CVE-2012-4045 — Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in bmp.w5s in Winamp before 5.63 build 3235 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) strf chunk in BI_RGB or (2) UYVY video data in an AVI file, or (3) decompressed TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC) data in an AVI file

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HIGH

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in bmp.w5s in Winamp before 5.63 build 3235 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) strf chunk in BI_RGB or (2) UYVY video data in an AVI file, or (3) decompressed TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC) data in an AVI file

Published Jul 22, 2012

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.13%

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in bmp.w5s in Winamp before 5.63 build 3235 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) strf chunk in BI_RGB or (2) UYVY video data in an AVI file, or (3) decompressed TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC) data in an AVI file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.13% 0.03126

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

EPSS probability 0.03126

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 (8 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.13% (0.03126)	87.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.13% (0.03126)	86.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	3.56% (0.03564)	86.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	2.85% (0.02847)	90.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	4.98% (0.04985)	91.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.52% (0.06523)	91.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	90.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	78.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=345684
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/46624
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54131
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15335
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Link	Providers	Tags
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=345684		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/46624		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54131		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15335		vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 22, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 22, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4045

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4045

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4045