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

CVE-2009-2484 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in VLC Media Player

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents5 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
71.2%
top 1.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
1
Videolan VLC Media Player
Timeline
PublishedJul 16
Latest updateMay 2

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: www.vupen.com ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mv28-cc94-6wvh: Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb↗2022-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2009-2484: Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb↗2009-07-16
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💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
VideoLAN VLC Client (Windows x86) - 'smb://' URI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)↗2010-09-20
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Exploit-DB
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.9 - 'smb://' URI Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC)↗2009-06-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2009-2484: vlc - Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access...↗2009
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CVE-2009-2484 — Videolan VLC Media Player vulnerability | cvebase