Buffer overflow in Bsplayer Bs.player

CVE-2008-6583

Buffer overflow in BS.player 2.27 build 959 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .SRT file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2009-04-03 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.070 (94.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bsplayer Bs.player — versions 2.27

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/28811 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5455 (exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41841 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1243/references (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)