Is CVE-2008-3441 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3441 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3441?

CVE-2008-3441 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3441

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD

Nullsoft Winamp before 5.24 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 2.5% (85th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3427)
Published: August 1, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3427 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

nullsoft / winamp

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html(Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020582(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15225(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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