CVE-2009-2896

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in KMplayer 2.9.4.1433 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string in a subtitle (.srt) playlist file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

KDE Kmplayer: through 2.9.4.1433; 2.9.3.1210

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9220
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35745
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1959
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51882
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9220
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35745
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1959
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51882

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