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critical 9.3

CVE-2009-2484 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on…

published 2009-07-16 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2479

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
35.1%
EPSS 35.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/vlc_smb_uri)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

35.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/vlc_smb_uri VideoLAN Client (VLC) Win32 smb:// URI Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, great rank, 2009-06-24
  • EDB-16678 VideoLAN VLC Client (Windows x86) - 'smb://' URI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) local, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-9029 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.9 - 'smb://' URI Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2009-06-29
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35500 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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