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CVE-2009-1440

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1440 describes an incomplete blacklist vulnerability in aMule 2.2.4, specifically within the DownloadListCtrl.cpp component. This flaw allows remote attackers to perform argument injection attacks against the mplayer command by supplying a specially crafted filename. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating that an attacker could achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with moderate attack complexity over a network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amule:amule:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/34839
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50205
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1821
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/04/22/1
securityfocus.com / bid/34683