CVE-2009-0016 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in iTunes via a crafted DAAP message with a malicious Content-Length header.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-0016?
CVE-2009-0016 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Itunes, published on 14 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Apple iTunes before 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a Digital Audio Access Protocol (DAAP) message with a crafted Content-Length header.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0016?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Itunes.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0016?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-0016 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0016 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Itunes
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m68w-xhxj-vfr6.