CVE-2008-5735

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in skin.c in CoolPlayer 2.17 through 2.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large PlaylistSkin value in a skin file.

Published: 2008-12-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5735 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 30.91%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5735

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7547 exploit_db edb 2008-12-22 Exploit-DB ↗
7536 exploit_db edb 2008-12-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5735

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 2026-02-15 31.44% 30.91% -0.52%
2 2025-12-29 17.69% 31.44% +13.74%
3 2025-05-17 — 17.69% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5735

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5735

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5735

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
coolplayer coolplayer 2.17 cpe:2.3:a:coolplayer:coolplayer:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
coolplayer coolplayer 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:coolplayer:coolplayer:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
coolplayer coolplayer 2.19 cpe:2.3:a:coolplayer:coolplayer:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5735

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