What is CVE-2008-3408?

CVE-2008-3408 is a vulnerability in Coolplayer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-07-31.

Is CVE-2008-3408 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Coolplayer

CVE-2008-3408

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-07-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.097 (95.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.097 · newest: 0.097 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Coolplayer

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

xinali/articles

References

secunia.com/advisories/31294 (third-party-advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15895 (exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30418 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
securityreason.com/securityalert/4088 (third-party-advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6157 (exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44103 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2264/references (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3408?: CVE-2008-3408 is a vulnerability in Coolplayer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-07-31.
Is CVE-2008-3408 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.