What is CVE-2009-4962?

CVE-2009-4962 is a vulnerability in Adammo Fat Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2010-07-28.

Is CVE-2009-4962 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adammo Fat Player

CVE-2009-4962

Stack-based buffer overflow in Fat Player 0.6b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .wav file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2010-07-28 · 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: 0.314 (98.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.314 · newest: 0.314 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adammo Fat Player — versions 0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

osvdb.org/57343 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2394 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/36441 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52713 (vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9495 (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-4962?: CVE-2009-4962 is a vulnerability in Adammo Fat Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2010-07-28.
Is CVE-2009-4962 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.