Integer overflow in the CSoundFile::ReadMed function (src/load_med.cpp) in libmodplug before 0.8.6, as used in gstreamer-plugins, TTPlayer, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MED file with a crafted (1) song comment or (2) song name, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1438 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.67%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.12% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | 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 | 2.55% | 4.67% | +2.12% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 6.51% | 2.55% | -3.96% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 6.51% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2009-1438 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libmodplug), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1438 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2009-1438: 1 GLSA(s) (200907-07), 2 atom(s) (media-libs/gst-plugins-bad, media-libs/libmodplug); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-1438 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1438 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2009-1438 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (gst-plugins-bad0.10, libmodplug), 20 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 11, released 5, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1438 |
The impact of this flaw is limited to application crash, not allowing code execution. Red Hat does not consider a user-assisted crash of a client application such as media players using GStreamer framework to be a security issue. For further details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-1438
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| konstanty_bialkowski | libmodplug | <= 0.8.5 | cpe:2.3:a:konstanty_bialkowski:libmodplug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| konstanty_bialkowski | libmodplug | 0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:konstanty_bialkowski:libmodplug:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| konstanty_bialkowski | libmodplug | 0.8.4 | cpe:2.3:a:konstanty_bialkowski:libmodplug:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |