Buffer overflow in Lucvil Patplayer

CVE-2009-3717

Heap-based buffer overflow in LucVil PatPlayer 3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long URI in a playlist (.m3u) file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2009-10-16 · 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: 0.064 (93.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lucvil Patplayer — versions 3.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1860 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/35756 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9102 (exploit)
osvdb.org/55746 (vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51624 (vdb-entry)