CVE-2011-5002

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Final Draft 8 before 8.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .fdx or .fdxt file with long (1) Word, (2) Transition, (3) Location, (4) Extension, (5) SceneIntro, (6) TimeOfDay, and (7) Character elements.

Published: 2011-12-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-5002 is rated High Exploit Risk (94/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 33.53%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +23.84% 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-2011-5002

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18184 exploit_db edb 2011-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5002

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 2026-06-02 9.69% 33.53% +23.84%
2 2026-04-13 14.24% 9.69% -4.56%
3 2026-01-29 14.24%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5002

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5002

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5002

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
finaldraft finaldraft <= 8.01 cpe:2.3:a:finaldraft:finaldraft:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5002

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