CVE-2009-1667

Castripper vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

21.4%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mini-stream CastRipper 2.50.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long entry in a .m3u file, a different vector than CVE-2009-5137.

Affected vendor

Mini Stream

Affected product

Castripper

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

2009-05-18

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 21.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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