CVE-2009-1438
Integer overflow in the CSoundFile::ReadMed function (src/load_med.cpp) in libmodplug before 0.8.6, as used in gstreamer-plugins, TTPlayer, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MED file with a crafted (1) song comment or (2) song name, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1436)
- Published
- April 27, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1436 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- konstanty bialkowski / libmodplug
- konstanty bialkowski / libmodplug
- konstanty bialkowski / libmodplug
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=266913
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://modplug-xmms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/modplug-xmms/libmodplug/src/load_med.cpp?r1=1.1&%3Br2=1.2
- http://osvdb.org/53801(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34797(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35026
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36183
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-07.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=677065&group_id=1275(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1850
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1851
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:128
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/21/4
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00907.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00908.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30801(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-771-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1104(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496834
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50388
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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