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CVE-2009-2817

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2817 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple iTunes versions prior to 9.0.1, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a specially crafted .pls file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:-:windows:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:1.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:1.0:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:1.0:-:windows:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-11491 · Feb 17, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0895 is in the 74th 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)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00006.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6290
support.apple.com / kb/HT3884
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/36478
Patch