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CVE-2009-2206
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the AudioCodecs library in the CoreAudio component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and iPhone OS…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.6%
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- mitre
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the AudioCodecs library in the CoreAudio component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) AAC or (2) MP3 file, as demonstrated by a ringtone with malformed entries in the sample size table.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 1022869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20090914 [TKADV2009-007] Apple iPhone OS AudioCodecs Heap Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-007.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ipod-iphone-aac-mp3-bo(53180) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 36338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-09-09-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 36677 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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