CVE-2008-3008
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 55.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the WMEncProfileManager ActiveX control in wmex.dll in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 Series allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the GetDetailsString method, aka "Windows Media Encoder Buffer Overrun Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 55.9% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2998)
- Published
- September 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2998 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows media encoder
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows-nt
- microsoft / windows-nt
- microsoft / windows-nt
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122235754013992&w=2(Mailing List)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996227(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31065(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020832(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-253A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2521(Broken Link)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-053
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6018
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6454
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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