HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-4097

Serenity Audio Player vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the MplayInputFile function in Serenity Audio Player 3.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in an M3U file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Malsmith
Affected product
Serenity Audio 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
2009-11-29

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 5.8% 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-2009-4097

  • Confirm whether Malsmith Serenity Audio Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-4097.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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