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Nullsoft SHOUTcast File Request Format String Vulnerability

Nullsoft SHOUTcast is prone to a remotely exploitable format string vulnerability. The vulnerability is exposed when the server attempts to handle a client request for a file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code in the context of the server process. This could also be exploited to crash the server and, possibly, to read process memory (which could increase reliability of an exploit).

This issue was reported to exist in version 1.9.4 on Linux. It is likely that versions for other platforms are also affected by the vulnerability, though it is not known to what degree they are exploitable. Earlier versions of the software are also likely affected.