Buffer overflow in Merak Media Player

CVE-2009-0350

Stack-based buffer overflow in Merak Media Player 3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .m3u playlist file, related to the status bar icon's tooltip. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2009-01-29 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.102 (95.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.102 · newest: 0.102 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Merak Media Player — versions 3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

secunia.com/advisories/33645 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7857 (exploit)
osvdb.org/51565 (vdb-entry)