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.
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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7207 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-11-24 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | 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 | 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)
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] |