CVE-2009-0950Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 28.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an itms: URL with a long URL component after a colon.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apple OS X iTunes 8.1.1 ITMS Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/itms_overflowRank greatdisclosed 1 Jun 2009
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Apple iTunes 8.1.1 (Mac OSX) - ITms Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16296remote, osxpublished 11 Nov 2010Verified
- Apple iTunes 8.1.x - 'daap' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11138remote, windowspublished 14 Jan 2010Verified
- Apple iTunes 8.1.1.10 (Windows) - 'itms/itcp' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8934remote, windowspublished 12 Jun 2009Verified
- Apple iTunes 8.1.1 - 'ITMS' Multiple Protocol Handler Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8861remote, osxpublished 3 Jun 2009Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 8934 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 8861 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.8% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- ADV-2009-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 35314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 8934 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://redpig.dataspill.org/2009/05/drive-by-attack-for-itunes-811.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17099 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 8861 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3592 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20090602 Re: TPTI-09-03: Apple iTunes Multiple Protocol Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://static.dataspill.org/releases/itunes/itms_overflow.rb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 54833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- itunes-itms-bo(50899) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-01-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1022313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0947 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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