Stack-based buffer overflow in the Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX control in CTSUEng.ocx allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long CacheFolder property value.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0955 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.23%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16539 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-05-09 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 5681 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-05-27 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 65.39% | 41.23% | -24.16% |
| 2 | 2026-05-26 | 64.78% | 65.39% | +0.61% |
| 3 | 2026-01-18 | — | 64.78% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| creative | creative_software_autoupdate_engine | — | cpe:2.3:a:creative:creative_software_autoupdate_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |