CVE-2008-5381
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the URL processing in ffdshow (aka ffdshow-tryout) before SVN revision 2347 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL.
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
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5358)
- Published
- December 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5358 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ffdshow-tryout / ffdshow
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32846
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32881(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.bkis.vn/?p=277
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4697
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498585/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32438
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3249
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46810
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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