Stack-based buffer overflow in Mercury Audio Player 1.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed playlist (.m3u) file.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4754 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 34.12%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8583 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-05-01 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 8578 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-04-30 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-05-22 | 28.47% | 34.12% | +5.64% |
| 2 | 2026-01-06 | 10.09% | 28.47% | +18.39% |
| 3 | 2025-08-20 | — | 10.09% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mercuryaudio | audio_player | 1.21 | cpe:2.3:a:mercuryaudio:audio_player:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |