CVE-2008-6583 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in BS.player 2.27 build 959. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted, long string within a .SRT subtitle file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires some user interaction (medium attack complexity). While not listed on the KEV catalog or having active Metasploit/Nuclei modules, a proof-of-concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, indicating exploitability, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bsplayer:bs.player:2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.