CVE-2009-4758

critical

Published 2010-03-29 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in dicas Mpegable Player 2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .YUV file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-8568 dos windows verified

GoLd_M · 2009-04-29

mpegable Player 2.12 - '.yuv' Local Stack Overflow (PoC)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dicas	mpegable_player	`2.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.