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1 vulnerability by gAlan
CVE-2009-20004 (GCVE-0-2009-20004)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-21 20:11 – Updated: 2025-08-22 15:28
VLAI?
Summary
gAlan 0.2.1, a modular audio processing environment for Windows, is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing .galan files. The application fails to properly validate the length of input data, allowing a specially crafted file to overwrite the stack and execute arbitrary code. Exploitation requires local interaction, typically by convincing a user to open the malicious file.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
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Credits
Jeremy Brown
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