CVE-2009-2817

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 9.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pls file.

Affected products

Apple iTunes for Windows: through 9.0; 1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 (+66)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3884
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36478
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6290
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00006.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3884
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36478
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6290

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