Stack-based buffer overflow in PortableApps CoolPlayer Portable (aka CoolPlayer+ Portable) 2.19.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed playlist (.m3u) file. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3408.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1437 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.99%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.10% 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8520 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-04-22 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 8519 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-04-22 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 8489 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-04-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 9.89% | 13.99% | +4.10% |
| 2 | 2026-01-05 | 10.28% | 9.89% | -0.38% |
| 3 | 2025-11-13 | — | 10.28% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| coolplayer | coolplayer | 2.19.1 | cpe:2.3:a:coolplayer:coolplayer:2.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |