CVE Catalog

CVE-2009-20008

HighCVSS 8.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.92%

59th percentile - higher than 59% of all known CVEs

Summary

Green Dam Youth Escort version 3.17 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing overly long URLs. The flaw resides in the URL filtering component, which fails to properly validate input length before copying user-supplied data into a fixed-size buffer. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted webpage containing a long URL, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine, potentially leading to full system compromise and data theft.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Green Dam Youth Escort to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability and avoid visiting untrusted websites.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Green Dam Youth Escort version 3.17 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing overly long URLs. The flaw resides in the URL filtering component, which fails to properly validate input length before copying user-supplied data into a fixed-size buffer. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted webpage containing a long URL, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS