Stack-based buffer overflow in AIMP2 Audio Converter 2.53 (build 330) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cra…

published 2009-09-11 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3153

cvss: 9.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 15.4%; EPSS 15.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 3; Exploit-DB

Stack-based buffer overflow in AIMP2 Audio Converter 2.53 (build 330) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long File1 argument in a (1) .pls or (2) .m3u playlist file.

Timeline

2009-09-01 First public exploit (EDB-9561)
2009-09-11 Published

Exploit prediction

15.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-10280 AIMP2 Audio Converter 2.53 build 330 - Playlist '.pls' Unicode Buffer Overflow local, 2009-11-21
EDB-9974 AIMP2 Audio Converter - Playlist Overflow (SEH) local, 2009-11-16
EDB-9561 AIMP2 Audio Converter 2.53b330 - '.pls' / '.m3u' Unicode Crash (PoC) dos, 2009-09-01

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

exploit-db.com /exploits/9561
exploit
secunia.com /advisories/35295
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
vupen.com /english/advisories/2009/2530
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2009-3170
NVD CVE-2009-3170

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Summary