Buffer overflow in Cowon America Jetaudio

CVE-2009-4668

Stack-based buffer overflow in JetCast.exe 2.0.4.1109 in jetAudio 7.5.2 and 7.5.3.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ID3 tag in an MP3 file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2010-03-05 · 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: 0.056 (92.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.056 · newest: 0.056 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Cowon America Jetaudio — versions 7.5.2, 7.5.3.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_jetcast_heap_bof.html (Exploit)
secunia.com/advisories/35195 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8780 (exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503826/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)