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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-2310

Buffer overflow in Winamp 5.03a, 5.09 and 5.091, and other versions before 5.094, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MP3 file with a long ID3v2 tag such as (1) ARTIST or (2) TITLE.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 13.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in Winamp 5.03a, 5.09 and 5.091, and other versions before 5.094, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MP3 file with a long ID3v2 tag such as (1) ARTIST or (2) TITLE.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
13.13% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 July 2005
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
nullsoft/winamp
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%26 October 2026: 13.13%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 13.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-25989source ↗NullSoft Winamp 5.0 - Malformed ID3v2 Tag Buffer Overflowwindows · Leon Juranicremote15 July 2005yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.