CVE-2009-1352

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2009-1352 · Published 21/04/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-1352 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting powerchm (dawningsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.6%, higher than 92.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
powerchm dawningsoft	`= 5.7`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Dawningsoft PowerCHM 5.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTML file with a link to a long URL, as demonstrated by a .rar URL.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/34517 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49882
exploit-db.com/exploits/8434

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