CVE-2009-1071

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2009-1071 · Published 26/03/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-1071 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting icarus (randomsoftware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.0%, higher than 93.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
icarus randomsoftware	`= 2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Icarus 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted Portable Game Notation (.pgn) file.

References

osvdb.org/52780
secunia.com/advisories/34368 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/34167 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49309
exploit-db.com/exploits/8236

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