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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-1068

Stack-based buffer overflow in BS.Player (bsplayer) 2.32 Build 975 Free and 2.34 Build 980 PRO and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long hostname in a .bsl playlist file.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 15.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in BS.Player (bsplayer) 2.32 Build 975 Free and 2.34 Build 980 PRO and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long hostname in a .bsl playlist file.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
14.97% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 March 2009
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
bsplayer/bs.player
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%26 October 2026: 14.97%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 15.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-8251source ↗BS.Player 2.34 - '.bsl' Universal Overwrite (SEH)windows · His0k4local20 March 2009yes
EDB-8249source ↗BS.Player 2.34 Build 980 - '.bsl' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH)windows · Nine:Situations:Grouplocal20 March 2009yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.