CVE-2008-5711
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Facebook PhotoUploader ActiveX control 5.0.14.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 32.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Facebook PhotoUploader ActiveX control 5.0.14.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FileMask property value.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Facebook Photo Uploader 4 ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/facebook_extractiptcRank normaldisclosed 31 Jan 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Facebook Photo Uploader 4 - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16505remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- FaceBook PhotoUploader 5.0.14.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5102remote, windowspublished 12 Feb 2008Verified
- FaceBook PhotoUploader - 'ImageUploader4.ocx 4.5.57.0' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5049remote, windowspublished 3 Feb 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5102 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 32.7% · top 1.6% 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
3
- 4805 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 5102 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 27756 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2008-5682 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-5711)Record last updated .