CVE-2009-2484
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 35.1%EU EUVD
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.
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
- 35.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2479)
- Published
- July 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2479 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- videolan / vlc media player
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e60a9038b13b5eb805a76755efc5c6d5e080180f
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35558(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9029
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35500(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1714(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14800
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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