CVE-2009-2206

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the AudioCodecs library in the CoreAudio component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and iPhone OS before 3.1.1 for iPod touch, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) AAC or (2) MP3 file, as demonstrated by a ringtone with malformed entries in the sample size table.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 3.0.1; through 3.1; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+13)
Apple Ipod Touch: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506464/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36338
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022869
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-007.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53180
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36677
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3860
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506464/100/0/threaded

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