CVE-2009-1608
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 11.2%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in Microchip MPLAB IDE 8.30 and possibly earlier versions allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .MCP project file with long (1) FILE_INFO, (2) CAT_FILTERS, and possibly other fields.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1603)
- Published
- May 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1603 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microchip / mplab ide
References
- http://osvdb.org/54370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35054(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.bkis.vn/?p=654
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503400/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34897(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50418
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50419
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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