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$ cve CVE-2009-4588 JSON

CVE-2009-4588 EXPLOIT

9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 32% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WindsPlayerIE.View.1 ActiveX control in WindsPly.ocx 3.5.0.0 Beta, 3.0.0.5, and earlier in AwingSoft Awakening Web3D Player and Winds3D Viewer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long SceneUrl property value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2386. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Scoring

CVSS9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS32.04% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2010-01-07
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
awingsoftawakening winds3d player
awingsoftawakening winds3d viewer

Public exploits

References

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