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CVE-2009-20004

Published: Aug 21, 2025

Modified: May 15, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

gAlan 0.2.1, a modular audio processing environment for Windows, is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing .galan files. The application fails to properly validate the length of input data, allowing a specially crafted file to overwrite the stack and execute arbitrary code. Exploitation requires local interaction, typically by convincing a user to open the malicious file.

Vendor	Product	Versions
gAlan	gAlan	affected `0 - <= 0.2.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/galan_fileformat_bof.rb

exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16664

exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10345

exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10339

exploit

https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/18034/galan-galan-file-stack-overflow

third-party-advisory

https://web.archive.org/web/20101210055252/http://galan.sourceforge.net/

product

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/galan-buffer-overflow

third-party-advisory

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