CVE-2008-3242

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PPMedia Class ActiveX control in PPMPlayer.dll in PPMate 2.3.1.93 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the StartUrl method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Ppmate Ppmedia Class: 2.3.1.93

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30952
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4019
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30246
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2118/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43831
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6090
http://secunia.com/advisories/30952
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4019
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30246
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2118/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43831
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6090

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