CVE-2009-0387

Exp

Array index error in the qtdemux_parse_samples function in gst/qtdemux/qtdemux.c in GStreamer Good Plug-ins (aka gst-plugins-good) 0.10.9 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Sync Sample (aka stss) atom data in a malformed QuickTime media .mov file, related to "mark keyframes."

Published: 2009-02-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0387 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.88%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0387

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0387

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-07 17.76% 17.88% +0.11%
2 2025-09-25 15.29% 17.76% +2.47%
3 2025-06-23 15.29%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0387

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0387

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0387

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2009-0387: 1 GLSA(s) (200907-11), 3 atom(s) (media-libs/gst-plugins-base, media-libs/gst-plugins-good, media-plugins/gst-plugins-libpng); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-0387
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0387
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-0387 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (gst-plugins-bad0.10, gst-plugins-good0.10), 14 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 8, released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0387

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0387

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gstreamer good_plug-ins 0.10.9 cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:good_plug-ins:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gstreamer good_plug-ins 0.10.10 cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:good_plug-ins:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gstreamer good_plug-ins 0.10.11 cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:good_plug-ins:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gstreamer plug-ins 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:plug-ins:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0387

URL Tags
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/commit/?id=bdc20b9baf13564d9a061343416395f8f9a92b53
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/gst-plugins-good/0.10.12.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33650 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33815
http://secunia.com/advisories/34336
http://secunia.com/advisories/35777
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-11.xml
http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-003.txt Exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:035
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/29/3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0271.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500317/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33405
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-736-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0225
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481267
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10611
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