CVE-2009-3429

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Pirate Radio Destiny Media Player 1.61 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .pls playlist file.

Published: 2009-09-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3429 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.95%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3429

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16684 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
9321 exploit_db edb 2009-08-01 Exploit-DB ↗
7654 exploit_db edb 2009-01-04 Exploit-DB ↗
7651 exploit_db edb 2009-01-03 Exploit-DB ↗
7652 exploit_db edb 2009-01-03 Exploit-DB ↗
7649 exploit_db edb 2009-01-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3429

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 2025-03-30 73.60% 71.95% -1.65%
2 2025-03-29 71.95% 73.60% +1.65%
3 2025-03-19 71.95%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3429

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-2009-3429

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3429

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pirateradio destiny_media_player 1.61 cpe:2.3:a:pirateradio:destiny_media_player:1.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3429

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