Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2009-1045 — Improper Input Validation in VLC Media Player

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
10.0%
top 6.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateMay 2

Description

requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianvideolan/vlc_media_player< 0.9.9a-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-p5jq-cw39-ccgj: requests/status↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-1045: requests/status↗2009-03-23
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CVEList
CVE-2009-1045: requests/status↗2009-03-23
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.8a - Web UI 'input' Remote Denial of Service↗2009-03-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2009-1045: vlc - requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s...↗2009
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CVE-2009-1045 — Improper Input Validation | cvebase