CVE-2009-2484

no score yetEPSS 35%

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Win32AddConnection function in modules/access/smb.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 0.9.9, when running on Microsoft Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long smb URI in a playlist file.

EPSS: 35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2009-07-16
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

videolan:vlc_media_player

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e60a9038b13b5eb805a76755efc5c6d5e080180f
http://secunia.com/advisories/35558
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9029
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35500
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1714

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