CVE-2009-1440

Exp

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in DownloadListCtrl.cpp in amule 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to conduct argument injection attacks into a command for mplayer via a crafted filename.

Published: 2009-04-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1440 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1440

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1440

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 2025-03-17 1.05% 0.97% -0.08%
2 2024-12-17 1.55% 1.05% -0.50%
3 2023-03-07 — 1.55% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1440

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1440

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1440

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2009-1440 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (amule), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1440
gentoo normal CVE-2009-1440: 1 GLSA(s) (200909-06), 1 atom(s) (net-p2p/amule); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-1440
ubuntu low CVE-2009-1440 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (amule), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1440

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1440

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amule amule 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:amule:amule:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1440

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