CVE-2008-3008
Stack-based buffer overflow in the WMEncProfileManager ActiveX control in wmex.dll in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 Series allows…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 55.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Windows Media Encoder 9 wmex.dll ActiveX Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ms08_053_mediaencoderRank normaldisclosed 9 Sept 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 - 'wmex.dll' ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-053) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16521remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- Microsoft Windows Media Encoder (XP SP2) - 'wmex.dll' ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-053) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6454remote, windowspublished 13 Sept 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6454 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 55.9% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- VU#996227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- HPSBST02372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1020832 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 31065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6454 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- MS08-053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- TA08-253A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2521 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2998 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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