CVE-2009-0179

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

libmikmod 3.1.11 through 3.2.0, as used by MikMod and possibly other products, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by loading an XM file.

Affected products

Igno Saitz Libmikmod: 3.1.9-1, 3.1.9-2, 3.1.9-3, 3.1.9-4, 3.1.9-5, 3.1.9-6 (+13)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476339
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33240
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479833
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01305.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01312.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476339
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259

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