CVE-2009-0184: Free Download Manager

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 27.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in the torrent parsing implementation in Free Download Manager (FDM) 2.5 Build 758 and 3.0 Build 844 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long file name within a torrent file, (2) a long tracker URL in a torrent file, or (3) a long comment in a torrent file.

Affected products

• Free Download Manager Free Download Manager: version 2.5 only; version 3.0 only

Published 2009-02-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.