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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-3658 · published 9 October 2009

CVE-2009-3658: Aol superbuddy activex control use after free vulnerability

Aol · Superbuddy Activex Control

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Sb.SuperBuddy.1 ActiveX control (sb.dll) in America Online (AOL) 9.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed argument to the SetSuperBuddy method.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 8.9% · top 4.9% CWE-416 · Use after free
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.3
8.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Sb.SuperBuddy.1 ActiveX control (sb.dll) in America Online (AOL) 9.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed argument to the SetSuperBuddy method.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_aol_91_superbuddy.html Broken LinkExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/36919 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506889/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36580 Broken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2812 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53614 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6704 Broken Link
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_aol_91_superbuddy.html Broken LinkExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/36919 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506889/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36580 Broken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2812 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53614 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6704 Broken Link

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-3658), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.