THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-0491
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0491

Elecard Mpeg Player vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.9%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in Elecard MPEG Player 5.5 build 15884.081218 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a M3U file containing a long URL.
Affected vendor
Elecard
Affected product
Elecard Mpeg Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2009-02-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-0491

  • Confirm whether Elecard Elecard Mpeg Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0491.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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