CVE-2009-5075 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the application by providing a malformed APE file, requiring user interaction to open the file.

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-2009-5075?

CVE-2009-5075 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 May 2011. 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

Monkey's Audio before 4.02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed APE file.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5075?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Monkeysaudio Monkey\'s Audio.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5075?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-5075 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-2009-5075 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5075 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3m5j-q5c3-cr8m.

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