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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-20008 Detail

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Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 8.6 HIGH
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dam_Youth_Escort VulnCheck
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/greendam_url.rb VulnCheck
https://web.archive.org/web/20110426190759/http://www.cse.umich.edu/~jhalderm/pub/gd/ VulnCheck
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8938 VulnCheck
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8969 VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/green-dam-url-processing-buffer-overflow VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-20008
NVD Published Date:
08/30/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/02/2025
Source:
VulnCheck