CVE-2009-4453

HIGH 8.8CVE-2009-4453 · Published 29/12/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-4453 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting sound converter activex (softcab).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.1%, higher than 92.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sound converter activex softcab	`= 1.2`	No fix yet

Description

Insecure method vulnerability in SoftCab Sound Converter ActiveX control (sndConverter.ocx) 1.2 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveFormat method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

osvdb.org/61351
secunia.com/advisories/37967 · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/10649 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55082

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