CVE-2009-4962
Stack-based buffer overflow in Fat Player 0.6b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .wav file. NOTE:…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 31.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Fat Player 0.6b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .wav file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Fat Player Media Player 0.6b0 Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/fatplayer_wavRank normaldisclosed 18 Oct 2010
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Fat Player 0.6b - '.wav' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15279local, windowspublished 18 Oct 2010Verified
- Fat Player 0.6b - '.WAV' File Processing Buffer Overflow (SEH) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14591local, windowspublished 9 Aug 2010Verified
- Fat Player 0.6b - '.wav' Universal Local Buffer (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9495local, windowspublished 24 Aug 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 9495 (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
- 14 years later
· 14 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)
- 31.4% · top 1.7% 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
References5
- 57343 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 36441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- fatplayer-wav-bo(52713) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 9495 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2009-4924 (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-2009-4962)Record last updated .