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Vulnerability · CVE-2008-3008

Microsoft windows_media_encoder Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Published May 1, 2010 · catalog updated May 1, 2010 · Microsoft

Patch now

CVE-2008-3008 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Microsoft against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
54.55%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Microsoft windows_media_encoder

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."

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Microsoft windows_media_encoderversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2008-3008

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2008-3008 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Microsoft against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 54.55%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 1, 2010 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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."

  2. May 1, 2010 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2008-3008

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2008-3008

    30-day exploitation probability 54.6%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-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 execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the GetDetailsString method, aka "Windows Media Encoder Buffer Overrun Vul

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.