CVE-2009-3658

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Sb.SuperBuddy.1 ActiveX control (sb.dll) in America Online ...

8.8 HighPublic exploit

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Sb.SuperBuddy.1 ActiveX control (sb.dll) in America Online (AOL) 9.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed argument to the SetSuperBuddy method.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

8.90%Down 2.5 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Record: CVE-2009-3658
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2009-3658
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2009-3633 No score

Record: EUVD-2009-3633
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3p99-663g-4p22 8.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Sb.SuperBuddy.1 ActiveX control (sb.dll) in America Online ...

Record: GHSA-3p99-663g-4p22
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

aol superbuddy activex control

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	AOL 9.1 SuperBuddy - ActiveX Control Remote code Execution	2009-10-01

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-3658 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Aol Superbuddy Activex Control, published October 9, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.90%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.