CVE-2009-0950

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an itms: URL with a long URL component after a colon.

Affected products

Apple iTunes for Windows: through 8.1.1; 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1 (+65)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/54833
http://redpig.dataspill.org/2009/05/drive-by-attack-for-itunes-811.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35314
http://static.dataspill.org/releases/itunes/itms_overflow.rb
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3592
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504043/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35157
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022313
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1470
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50899
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17099

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