CVE-2009-3170

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in AIMP2 Audio Converter 2.53 (build 330) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long File1 argument in a (1) .pls or (2) .m3u playlist file.

Published: 2009-09-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3170 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.35%, 96th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2009-3170

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10280 exploit_db edb 2009-11-21 Exploit-DB ↗
9974 exploit_db edb 2009-11-16 Exploit-DB ↗
9561 exploit_db edb 2009-09-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3170

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 12.01% 15.35% +3.34%
2 2026-01-17 17.32% 12.01% -5.30%
3 2026-01-14 — 17.32% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3170

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-2009-3170

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3170

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aimp aimp2_audio_converter <= 2.53 cpe:2.3:a:aimp:aimp2_audio_converter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3170

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