CVE-2009-1674 — Stack-based buffer overflow in Microchip MPLAB IDE 8.30 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long .cof pathname in a [TOOL_SETTINGS] section in a .mcp file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-1608

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Stack-based buffer overflow in Microchip MPLAB IDE 8.30 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long .cof pathname in a [TOOL_SETTINGS] section in a .mcp file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-1608

Published May 18, 2009

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.90%

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microchip MPLAB IDE 8.30 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long .cof pathname in a [TOOL_SETTINGS] section in a .mcp file, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-1608.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.90% 0.04902

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04902

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	4.90% (0.04902)	91.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.90% (0.04902)	90.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jan 7, 2026	17.10% (0.17098)	94.77th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.21% (0.05207)	89.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	2.12% (0.02120)	88.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 7, 2024	3.93% (0.03926)	92.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	4.50% (0.04497)	91.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.52% (0.04522)	88.82th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.52% (0.04522)	87.71th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.52% (0.04522)	74.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://secunia.com/advisories/35054
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8656
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/35054		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8656		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 18, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 18, 2009

Link CVE-2009-1674

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-1674

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-1674