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CVE-2009-0263

48
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0263 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Winamp 5.541 and earlier versions. Attackers can exploit these flaws by crafting malicious AIFF or MP3 files with oversized header values, leading to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.541CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:2.5e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6xCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:2.6x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7742 · Jan 12, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1674 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/33478
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14756
exploit-db.com / exploits/7742
securityfocus.com / bid/33226
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0113