Is CVE-2009-1045 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-1045 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-1045?

CVE-2009-1045 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-1045?

CVE-2009-1045 has an EPSS score of 9.22% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1045?

Upgrade vlc on debian 11 to 0.9.9a-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-1045

MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

vlcDebian

Fixed in:0.9.9a-1CVE-2009-1045

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

9.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

securityfocus.com

Other references5

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CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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