CVE-2009-2484
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 35.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
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 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- VideoLAN Client (VLC) Win32 smb:// URI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/vlc_smb_uriRank greatdisclosed 24 Jun 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- VideoLAN VLC Client (Windows x86) - 'smb://' URI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16678local, windows_x86published 20 Sept 2010Verified
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.9 - 'smb://' URI Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9029dos, windowspublished 29 Jun 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 9029 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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)
- 35.1% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (11 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
6
- ADV-2009-1714 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 9029 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e60a9038b13b5eb805a76755efc5c6d5e080180f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14800 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 35558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2009-2479 (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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