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CVE-2009-20008

Green Dam 3.17 URL Processing Buffer Overflow

CVSS 8.6 HIGHEPSS 0.8%CWE-121
Vexday Risk Score
36Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.8%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit simPatch
Lifecycle
11 Jun 2009Metasploit module available
30 Aug 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N