CVE-2009-1045 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

Published: 2009-03-23

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-1046	requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10904.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Videolan Vlc Media Player

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-03-23T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:57:17.506Z

Reserved: 2009-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1045

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-03-23T16:30:01.547

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1045

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2009-03-16T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-09-28T12:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "vlcmediaplayer-web-status-bo(49249)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249"}, {"name": "8213", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708"}, {"name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14357", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "signature", "x_refsource_OVAL"], "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20090317 CVE request -- firefox, vlc, WeeChat", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4"}, {"name": "34126", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2009-1045", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "vlcmediaplayer-web-status-bo(49249)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249"}, {"name": "8213", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213"}, {"name": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708"}, {"name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14357", "refsource": "OVAL", "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20090317 CVE request -- firefox, vlc, WeeChat", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4"}, {"name": "34126", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T04:57:17.506Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "vlcmediaplayer-web-status-bo(49249)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249"}, {"name": "8213", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708"}, {"name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14357", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "signature", "x_refsource_OVAL", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20090317 CVE request -- firefox, vlc, WeeChat", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4"}, {"name": "34126", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2009-1045", "datePublished": "2009-03-23T16:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2009-03-23T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T04:57:17.506Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A218DA63-4334-4C9F-BB47-44CC00630613", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El archivo requests/status.xml en VLC versi\u00f3n 0.9.8a, permite a los atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumo de pila y bloqueo) por medio de un argumento de entrada largo en una acci\u00f3n in_play."}], "id": "CVE-2009-1045", "lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 5.0, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2009-03-23T16:30:01.547", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262708"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-20"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}