CVE-2009-0183

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 66.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-02-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Remote Control Server in Free Download Manager (FDM) 2.5 Build 758 and 3.0 Build 844 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Authorization header in an HTTP request.

Affected products

Free Download Manager: 2.5, 3.0

References

http://osvdb.org/51745
http://secunia.com/advisories/33524
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-3/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500604/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33554
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0302
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7986
http://osvdb.org/51745
http://secunia.com/advisories/33524
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-3/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500604/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33554

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