Buffer overflow in the PATinst function in src/load_pat.cpp in libmodplug before 0.8.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long instrument name.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1513 is rated Moderate Risk (54.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.11%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 8.34% | 4.11% | -4.24% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 12.03% | 8.34% | -3.69% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 12.03% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
medium | CVE-2009-1513 medium 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-2009-1513 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2009-1513: 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-2009-1513 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1513 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2009-1513 low 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 14, ignored 3, released 2, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1513 |
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libmodplug embedded in gstreamer-plugins as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, as they do not include support for the PAT file type.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| konstanty_bialkowski | libmodplug | <= 0.8.6 | 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| konstanty_bialkowski | libmodplug | 0.8.5 | cpe:2.3:a:konstanty_bialkowski:libmodplug:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |