Description
Green Dam Youth Escort version 3.17 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when processing overly long URLs. The flaw resides in the URL filtering component, which fails to properly validate input length before copying user-supplied data into a fixed-size buffer. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted webpage containing a long URL, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
References6
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dam_Youth_Escort
- raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/mo…
- web.archive.org/web/20110426190759/www.cse.umich.edu/~jhalderm/…
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8938
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8969
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/green-dam-url-processing-buffer-ov…
Metrics
- CVSS 4.0
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8.6
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 74 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-121
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