CVE-2009-2484

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on Microsoft Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long smb URI in a playlist file.

Published: 2009-07-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2484 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 35.11%, 98th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-2484

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16678 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
9029 exploit_db edb 2009-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2484

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 71.23% 35.11% -36.12%
2 2026-01-10 68.59% 71.23% +2.64%
3 2025-04-30 — 68.59% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2484

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-2009-2484

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-2484

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2009-2484 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vlc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2484
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-2484 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2484

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2484

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
videolan vlc_media_player 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2484

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