If you use any version of WinAmp, you should take these precautions as exploits have been developed that could compromise security. This is rated as “Extremely Critical“ by Secunia.WinAmp - Critical vulnerability with CDA and M3U extensions
http://secunia.com/advisories/13269/
http://www.security-assessment.com/Papers/...er_Overflow.pdf
A new CRITICAL vulnerability in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "IN_CDDA.dll" file. This can be exploited in various ways to cause a stack-based buffer overflow e.g. by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web site containing a specially crafted ".m3u" playlist.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.05 and confirmed in version 5.06. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution: Disassociate ".cda" and ".m3u" extensions from Winamp.