CVE-2009-1022

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Preview/ Set Segment function in Gretech GOMlab GOM Encoder 1.0.0.11 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long text field in a subtitle (.srt) file.

Published: 2009-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1022 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 33.65%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.97% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2009-1022

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8225 exploit_db edb 2009-03-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1022

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 2026-01-02 27.68% 33.65% +5.97%
2 2025-07-26 14.80% 27.68% +12.88%
3 2025-04-22 14.80%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1022

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-2009-1022

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1022

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gomlab gom_encoder <= 1.0.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:gomlab:gom_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1022

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