What is CVE-2017-5881?

CVE-2017-5881 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gomlab Gom Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-5881?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5881 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Gomlab Gom Player

CVE-2017-5881

GOM Player 2.3.10.5266 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted fpx file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.082 (94.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.082 · newest: 0.082 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gomlab Gom Player — versions 2.3.10.5266

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41367/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5881?: CVE-2017-5881 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gomlab Gom Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-5881?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5881 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.