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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-3008 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the WMEncProfileManager ActiveX control in wmex.dll in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 Series allows remot…

published 2008-09-10 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2998

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
55.9%
EPSS 55.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms08_053_mediaencoder)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

55.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/ms08_053_mediaencoder Windows Media Encoder 9 wmex.dll ActiveX Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2008-09-09
  • EDB-16521 Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 - 'wmex.dll' ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-053) (Metasploit) remote, 2010-05-09
  • EDB-6454 Microsoft Windows Media Encoder (XP SP2) - 'wmex.dll' ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-053) remote, 2008-09-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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