Is CVE-2009-0586 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0586 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0586?

CVE-2009-0586 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-0586

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the gst_vorbis_tag_add_coverart function (gst-libs/gst/tag/gstvorbistag.c) in vorbistag in gst-plugins-base (aka gstreamer-plugins-base) before 0.10.23 in GStreamer allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COVERART tag that is converted from a base64 representation, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 5.5% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0589)
Published: March 14, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0589 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
gstreamer / gstreamer

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/commit/?id=566583e87147f774e7fc4c78b5f7e61d427e40a9(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html(Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/gst-plugins-base-CVE-2009-0586.diff(Patch)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34335(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34350(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35777(Not Applicable)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-11.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:085(Broken Link)
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34100(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-735-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49274(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9694(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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