Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-1045

Description

requests/status.xml in VLC 0.9.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via a long input argument in an in_play action.

Affected products

VideoLAN/Vlc Media Player
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/34126nvdExploit
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/4nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49249nvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14357nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8213nvd

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