CVE-2008-3408
Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolPlayer 2.18, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 9.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolPlayer 2.18, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted m3u file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Exploit-DB3 entries
- CoolPlayer 2.18 - DEP Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15895local, windowspublished 2 Jan 2011Verified
- CoolPlayer 2.18 - M3U Playlist Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10595local, windowspublished 22 Dec 2009Verified
- CoolPlayer 2.18 - '.m3u' File Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6157local, windowspublished 29 Jul 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 15895 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6157 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.7% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 31294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15895 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 30418 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4088 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 6157 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- coolplayer-m3u-bo(44103) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2264 (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-2008-3394 (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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