CVE-2008-3008

highpriority · attend · 67EPSS 0.559 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

55.9% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-16521Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 - 'wmex.dll' ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-053) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-6454Microsoft Windows Media Encoder (XP SP2) - 'wmex.dll' ActiveX Buffer Overflow (MS08-053)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/browser/ms08_053_mediaencoderWindows Media Encoder 9 wmex.dll ActiveX Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft windows 2000all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 2003 serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows media encoder= 9_seriesnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_encoder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows xpall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows-nt= xpnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-09-11modified 2026-06-16

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references (18)

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