aria2: DoS (crash) if URI to download contains printf format string (%d) and logging is enabled
Published Oct 20, 2009
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.89%
Description
Format string vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort function in src/AbstractCommand.cc in aria2 before 1.6.2, when logging is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a download URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.6.1
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.4
- 0.11.5
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.1
- 0.13.0
- 0.13.0\+1
- 0.13.1
- 0.13.1\+1
- 0.13.2
- 0.13.2\+1
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.0\+1
- 0.15.0
- 0.15.1
- 0.15.1\+1
- 0.15.1\+2
- 0.15.2
- 0.15.3
- 0.16.0
- 0.16.1
- 0.16.2
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.2.0
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.89% (0.04892) | 91.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.89% (0.04892) | 90.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 14.03% (0.14031) | 93.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 28.75% (0.28754) | 94.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 14.07% (0.14075) | 93.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.19% (0.04192) | 92.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04192) | 91.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.97% (0.03972) | 90.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS?revision=1586 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/src/AbstractCommand.cc?r1=1539&r2=1572 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125568632528906&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125572053420493&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/59087 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31732 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2960 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3617 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529342 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2495 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3617
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3617
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS?revision=1586 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/src/AbstractCommand.cc?r1=1539&r2=1572 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125568632528906&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125572053420493&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://osvdb.org/59087 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31732 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2960 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3617 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529342 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking | |
| https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2495 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3617 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3617 |
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