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CVE-2009-2550

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2550 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Hamster Audio Player 0.3a. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long string within .m3u or .hpl playlist files. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV or actively exploited in the wild, proof-of-concept exploits are publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ondanera:hamster_audio_player:0.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-9172 · Jul 16, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0866 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 55871
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/35825
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51732
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/9157
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/9172
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry