CVE-2009-1438

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1438
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-27 18:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the CSoundFile::ReadMed function (src/load_med.cpp) in libmodplug before 0.8.6, as used in gstreamer-plugins, TTPlayer, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MED file with a crafted (1) song comment or (2) song name, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Konstanty Bialkowski Libmodplug 0.8 All All All
Application Konstanty Bialkowski Libmodplug 0.8.4 All All All
Application Konstanty Bialkowski Libmodplug All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libmodplug "CSoundFile::ReadMed()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 266913 - <media-libs/libmodplug-0.8.7, <gst-plugins-bad-0.10.10: Integer and buffer overflow (CVE-2009-{1438,1513}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Debian update for libmodplug - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVS Info for project modplug-xmms af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 modplug-xmms.cvs.sourceforge.net
Fedora update for libmodplug - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1850-1 libmodplug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SourceForge.net: ModPlug for XMMS: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: libmodplug-0.8.7-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for libmodplug - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1851-1 gst-plugins-bad0.10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
libmodplug 's3m' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
USN-771-1: libmodplug vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 496834 – CVE-2009-1438: libmodplug: Integer overflow in the MED files loading routine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- libmodplug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:128 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ModPlug: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
osvdb.org/53801 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Patch
Debian update for gst-plugins-bad - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for libmodplug and gst-plugins-bad - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: libmodplug-0.8.7-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVS Info for project modplug-xmms MITRE modplug-xmms.cvs.sourceforge.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-04-28Tomas HogerThe impact of this flaw is limited to application crash, not allowing code execution. Red Hat does not consider a user-assisted crash of a client application such as media players using GStreamer framework to be a security issue. For further details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-1438

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