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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-3617 · published 20 October 2009

CVE-2009-3617: Tatsuhiro tsujikawa aria2 vulnerability

TTatsuhiro Tsujikawa · Aria2

Format string vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort function in src/AbstractCommand.cc in aria2 before 1.6.2, when logging is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a download URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

7.6 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.9% · top 8.2% CWE-134 · CWE-134
7.6CVSS 2.0 base score
4.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort function in src/AbstractCommand.cc in aria2 before 1.6.2, when logging is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a download URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS?revision=1586
http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/src/AbstractCommand.cc?r1=1539&r2=1572 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125568632528906&w=2 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125572053420493&w=2
http://osvdb.org/59087
http://secunia.com/advisories/31732 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2960 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529342 Patch
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2495
http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS?revision=1586
http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/src/AbstractCommand.cc?r1=1539&r2=1572 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125568632528906&w=2 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125572053420493&w=2
http://osvdb.org/59087
http://secunia.com/advisories/31732 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2960 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529342 Patch
https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2495

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