CVE-2008-6583

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-04-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6583 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.67%, 96th 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-2008-6583

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5455 exploit_db edb 2008-04-16 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6583

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 2026-05-24 24.12% 23.67% -0.45%
2 2026-03-15 21.76% 24.12% +2.36%
3 2025-11-29 — 21.76% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6583

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-2008-6583

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6583

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsplayer bs.player 2.27 cpe:2.3:a:bsplayer:bs.player:2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6583

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