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CVE-2009-1791 (GCVE-0-2009-1791)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-05-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1.0.15 through 1.0.19, as used in Winamp 5.552 and possibly other media programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an AIFF file with an invalid header value.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2009-05-14 00:00
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