CVE-2009-0135

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the Audible::Tag::readTag function in metadata/audible/audibletag.cpp in Amarok 1.4.10 through 2.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Audible Audio (.aa) file with a large (1) nlen or (2) vlen Tag value, each of which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Amarok: 1.4.10, 2.0, 2.0.1

References

http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.0.1.1
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=254896
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/14/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/33505
http://secunia.com/advisories/33522
http://secunia.com/advisories/33640
http://secunia.com/advisories/33819
http://secunia.com/advisories/34315
http://secunia.com/advisories/34407
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-34.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4915

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