CVE-2009-0179
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-0179 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-01-20 16:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | libmikmod 3.1.11 through 3.2.0, as used by MikMod and possibly other products, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by loading an XM file. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.10-1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.10-2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.10-3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.10-4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.10-5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.11-1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.11-2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.11-3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.11-4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.11-5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.11-6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.9-1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.9-2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.9-3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.9-4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.9-5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.1.9-6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Igno Saitz | Libmikmod | 3.2.0 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| #476339 - libmikmod2: segfaults when loading XM files - Debian Bug report logs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.debian.org | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: libmikmod-3.2.0-4.beta2.fc10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| libmikmod '.XM' File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: libmikmod-3.2.0-5.beta2.fc11 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Bug 479833 – CVE-2009-0179 mikmod: crash when loading XM files | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| oss-security - CVE Request -- libmikmod | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | openwall.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:006 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2009-01-21 | Tomas Hoger | Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0179 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.