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CVE-2009-2484
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on…
High9.3EPSS 35.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on Microsoft Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long smb URI in a playlist file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 35.1% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- ADV-2009-1714 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 9029 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e60a9038b13b5eb805a76755efc5c6d5e080180f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14800 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 35558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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