CVE-2009-4659 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the audio cutter application by tricking users into opening a malicious WAV file with a long string.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-4659?
CVE-2009-4659 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in MP3-Cutter Ease Audio Cutter 1.20 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a WAV file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4659?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mp3-Cutter Ease Audio Cutter.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4659?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4659 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-2009-4659 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-4659 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6c7q-693h-xjph.