CVE-2009-1437Stack-based buffer overflow in PortableApps CoolPlayer Portable (aka CoolPlayer+ Portable) 2.19.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 14.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in PortableApps CoolPlayer Portable (aka CoolPlayer+ Portable) 2.19.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed playlist (.m3u) file. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3408.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Exploit-DB3 entries
- CoolPlayer Portable 2.19.1 - '.m3u' Local Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8519local, windowspublished 22 Apr 2009Verified
- CoolPlayer Portable 2.19.1 - '.m3u' Local Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8520local, windowspublished 22 Apr 2009Verified
- CoolPlayer Portable 2.19.1 - '.m3u' Local Stack Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8489dos, windowspublished 20 Apr 2009Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 8489 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 8519 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 8520 (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
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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)
- 14.0% · top 3.4% 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
References7
- coolplayerportable-m3u-bo(49984) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 8489 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 8519 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 34816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 8520 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 53885 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://hansesecure.de/vulnerability-in-coolplayer/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2009-1435 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-1437)Record last updated .