CVE-2004-1569

dBpowerAMP Audio Player and Music Converter - Buffer Overflow via Long Filename in Playlist

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-1569. PoCs published by GulfTech Security.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The writeup describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in dbPowerAmp Music Converter and Player, where malformed .pls or .m3u playlists can overwrite EIP, leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. The buffer sizes differ between applications (215 bytes for MusicConverter.exe, 265 bytes for playlist.exe and amp.exe).

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) MusicConverter.exe, (2) playlist.exe, and (3) amp.exe in dBpowerAMP Audio Player 2.0 and dbPowerAmp Music Converter 10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a .pls or .m3u playlist that contains long File1 (filename) fields.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by GulfTech Security · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43816

The writeup describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in dbPowerAmp Music Converter and Player, where malformed .pls or .m3u playlists can overwrite EIP, leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. The buffer sizes differ between applications (215 bytes for MusicConverter.exe, 265 bytes for playlist.exe and amp.exe).

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce | Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: dbPowerAmp Music Converter <= 2.0, dbPowerAmp Player <= 10.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open or mouseover a malformed playlist file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109668542406346&w=2
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11266
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17539
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12684/
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00052-09272004
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17535

Scores

EPSS 0.0474
EPSS Percentile 90.7%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
illustrate/dbpoweramp_audio_player 2.0
illustrate/dbpoweramp_music_converter 10.0
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026