CVE-2009-1791

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1.0.15 through 1.0.19, as used in Winamp 5.552 and possibly other media programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an AIFF file with an invalid header value.

Affected products

Mega-Nerd Libsndfile: 1.0.15, 1.0.16, 1.0.17, 1.0.18, 1.0.19
Nullsoft Winamp: 5.5, 5.51, 5.52, 5.54, 5.55, 5.541 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35076
http://secunia.com/advisories/35247
http://secunia.com/advisories/35443
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-09.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1814
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:132
http://www.mega-nerd.com/erikd/Blog/CodeHacking/libsndfile/
http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34978
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1324
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50541
http://secunia.com/advisories/35076

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