CVE-2009-1068

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in BS.Player (bsplayer) 2.32 Build 975 Free and 2.34 Build 980 PRO and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long hostname in a .bsl playlist file.

Published: 2009-03-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1068 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 40.81%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2009-1068

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8249 exploit_db edb 2009-03-20 Exploit-DB ↗
8251 exploit_db edb 2009-03-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1068

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 2026-03-27 48.59% 40.81% -7.77%
2 2026-03-15 50.18% 48.59% -1.60%
3 2025-07-03 50.18%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1068

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-2009-1068

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1068

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsplayer bs.player 2.32 cpe:2.3:a:bsplayer:bs.player:2.32:free:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsplayer bs.player 2.34 cpe:2.3:a:bsplayer:bs.player:2.34:pro:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1068

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