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CVE-2009-3617

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3617 describes a format string vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort function of aria2 versions prior to 1.6.2, specifically when logging is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by injecting format string specifiers into a download URI. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability has a high severity, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tatsuhiro_tsujikawa:aria2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tatsuhiro_tsujikawa:aria2:0.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tatsuhiro_tsujikawa:aria2:0.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tatsuhiro_tsujikawa:aria2:0.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tatsuhiro_tsujikawa:aria2:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0489 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3617Low

aria2: DoS (crash) if URI to download contains printf format string (%d) and logging is enabled

Oct 9, 2009

References

aria2.svn.sourceforge.net / viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS
aria2.svn.sourceforge.net / viewvc/aria2/trunk/src/AbstractCommand.cc
Patch
marc.info
Patch
marc.info
osvdb.org / 59087
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31732
Vendor Advisory
fedorahosted.org / rel-eng/ticket/2495
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2960
Vendor Advisory