CVE-2009-1438

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CVE-2009-1438

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CVE-2009-1438 at MITRE

Description

Integer overflow in the CSoundFile::ReadMed function (src/load_med.cpp) in libmodplug before 0.8.6, as used in gstreamer-plugins, TTPlayer, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MED file with a crafted (1) song comment or (2) song name, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 496541 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 498828 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SR:2009:012, published Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:00 +0000

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CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:46:14 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:32:30 2023