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CVE-2017-8869

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8869 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in MediaCoder version 0.8.48.5888, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted .m3u file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with local access, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8.48.5888CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediacoder:mediacoder:0.8.48.5888:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MediaCoder .M3U Buffer Overflow · Jun 24, 2013
ExploitDB: EDB-41971 · May 8, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1589 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/42384
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry