Buffer overflow in Nokia Multimedia Player

CVE-2011-0498

Stack-based buffer overflow in Nokia Multimedia Player 1.00.55.5010, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long entry in a playlist (.npl) file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2011-01-20 · 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: 0.057 (92.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.057 · newest: 0.057 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nokia Multimedia Player — versions 1.00.55.5010

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

secunia.com/advisories/42852 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15975 (Exploit, exploit)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0083 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
osvdb.org/70416 (vdb-entry)