CVE-2009-1791

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1791
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-26 17:30:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1.0.15 through 1.0.19, as used in Winamp 5.552 and possibly other media programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an AIFF file with an invalid header value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mega-nerd Libsndfile 1.0.15 All All All
Application Mega-nerd Libsndfile 1.0.16 All All All
Application Mega-nerd Libsndfile 1.0.17 All All All
Application Mega-nerd Libsndfile 1.0.18 All All All
Application Mega-nerd Libsndfile 1.0.19 All All All
Application Nullsoft Winamp 5.5 All All All
Application Nullsoft Winamp 5.51 All All All
Application Nullsoft Winamp 5.52 All All All
Application Nullsoft Winamp 5.54 All All All
Application Nullsoft Winamp 5.541 All All All
Application Nullsoft Winamp 5.55 All All All
Application Nullsoft Winamp 5.552 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
m3ga blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mega-nerd.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for libsndfile - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
libsndfile VOC and AIFF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
libsndfile VOC and AIFF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:132 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian update for libsndfile - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libsndfile: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
libsndfile af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mega-nerd.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1814-1 libsndfile af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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