CVE-2004-1396

Exp

Winamp 5.07 and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or CPU consumption) via (1) an mp4 or m4a playlist file that contains invalid tag data or (2) an invalid .nsv or .nsa file.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1396 is rated Exploit Available (56/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.09%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1396

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1396

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.61% 3.09% +0.48%
2 2025-03-30 2.45% 2.61% +0.16%
3 2025-03-29 2.45%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1396

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1396

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1396

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nullsoft winamp 5.07 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:5.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1396

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