Comments on: Serious Winamp flaw gets fix

Nullsoft posts an update for a serious flaw that had already spawned an exploit for taking over vulnerable PCs.

Damn...

There they go again hogging all the headlines. First they stop
supporting the Mac platform with Windows Media Player and it has
a security problem immediately. MicroSoft sucks up all the glory
and now they have done it again a week or two later.

MicroSoft will do anything for headlines.

[Charleston Charge]

Nice effort

but Winamp is not a Microsoft product.

[katamari]

Fix available.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=236740

[ddesy]

Winamp losses not just due to WMP

I hate to break it to people, but Winamp hasn't just declined in popularity due to WMP. For me and a fair number of others, it is because the new versions are just more bloated and are made to try to get you to buy a better version! I still use pre-3.0 versions of Winamp.

[cnetnews]

What Else Is New

AOL did for Winamp what it did for ICQ.

Four words.

"Destroyed a great product."

[freq]

its just like the jpg hole...........

my hunch is that all major streaming platforms are severly affected. weird packets can cause buffer overflows.... and open acceess to the gui framworks... GTK in particular I think...
and not only is your work stolen but your brain is washed as well.... anyone listen to the voice-overs lately on frisky and proton?!?

the max headroom 1984 theme has got to stop!

[annanemas]

Fix Is Now Available

New fixed version 5.13 has been released now and you can download it from the winamp.com web site.

[Earl Benser]

Fine....

I'll just do that if I ever decide to use or even try WinAmp.