CVE-2008-3008
Stack-based buffer overflow in the WMEncProfileManager ActiveX control in wmex.dll in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 Series allows remote attackers to...
- Published
- Sep 10, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Sep 13, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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."
Sources
2haluznik · windows · Sep 13, 2008
- Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 - 'wmex.dll' ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-053) (Metasploit)Exploit
Metasploit · windows · May 9, 2010
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