A vulnerability has been identified in Un4seen XMPlay, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to buffer overflow errors when handling a playlist (m3u, pls, or asx) containing an overly long filename, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system via a specially crafted playlist file.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Greg Linares
ChangeLog
2006-11-21 : Initial release
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