CVE-2009-2582

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in manager.exe in Akamai Download Manager (aka DLM or dlmanager) before 2.2.4.8 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed HTTP response during a Redswoosh download, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1891 and CVE-2007-1892.

Affected products

Akamai Technologies Download Manager: through 2.2.4.3; 2.0.4.4, 2.2.0.0, 2.2.1.0, 2.2.3.5, 2.2.3.6

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-07/0351.html
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=813
http://secunia.com/advisories/35951
http://www.akamai.com/html/support/security.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505187/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35778
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022592
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1985
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-07/0351.html
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=813
http://secunia.com/advisories/35951
http://www.akamai.com/html/support/security.html

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