CVE-2009-4931

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Groovy Media Player 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .m3u playlist file.

Published: 2010-07-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4931 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.96%). Core evidence: 1 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-2009-4931

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4931

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 7.95% 2.96% -4.98%
2 2026-02-23 2.09% 7.95% +5.86%
3 2025-03-30 2.09%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4931

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4931

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4931

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestwebsharing groovy_media_player 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsharing:groovy_media_player:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4931

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