CVE-2008-7079

Exp

Buffer overflow in Nero ShowTime 5.0.15.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long entry in a .M3U playlist file. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2008-0619.

Published: 2009-08-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-7079 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 26.05%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +17.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7079

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7207 exploit_db edb 2008-11-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7079

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 2025-12-20 8.46% 26.05% +17.59%
2 2025-03-30 7.57% 8.46% +0.89%
3 2025-03-29 7.57%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7079

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-2008-7079

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7079

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nero showtime 5.0.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:nero:showtime:5.0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7079

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