Buffer overflow in Malsmith Serenity Audio Player

CVE-2009-4097

Stack-based buffer overflow in the MplayInputFile function in Serenity Audio Player 3.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in an M3U file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2009-11-29 · 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: 0.058 (92.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Malsmith Serenity Audio Player — versions 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

packetstormsecurity.org/0911-exploits/serenityaudio-overflow.txt (Exploit)
secunia.com/advisories/37472 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10226 (exploit)
osvdb.org/60503 (vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54430 (vdb-entry)