Heroshare Hero Super Player 3000 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Heroshare Hero Super Player 3000 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-7162. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Heroshare Hero Super Player 3000 (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Hero Super Player 3000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a .M3U file. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2008-4504.

The weakness was published 09/04/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-7162 since 09/03/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/29/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in C++. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40025), Exploit-DB (9677) and SecurityFocus (BID 27478†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.1
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/28/2008 🔍
09/03/2009 +584 days 🔍
09/04/2009 +1 days 🔍
09/04/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2021 days 🔍
12/29/2025 +3939 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49815
X-Force: 40025
SecurityFocus: 27478 - Hero Super Player 3000 M3U Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/29/2025 09:36
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (52), 03/27/2019 08:55 (1), 12/29/2025 09:36 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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