CVE-2010-20042

8.4 highEPSS 0.4%

Xion Audio Player versions 1.0.126 and prior are vulnerable to a Unicode-based stack buffer overflow triggered by opening a specially crafted .m3u playlist file. The file contains an overly long string that overwrites the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) chain, allowing an attacker to hijack execution flow and run arbitrary code.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.4 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-121
Published: 2025-08-20
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/xion_m3u_sehbof.rb
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14517
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14633
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15598
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16653

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