CVE-2009-0893
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xvidcore/src/decoder.c in the xvidcore library in Xvid before 1.2.2, as used by Windows Media Player and other applications, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted macroblock (aka…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xvidcore/src/decoder.c in the xvidcore library in Xvid before 1.2.2, as used by Windows Media Player and other applications, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted macroblock (aka MBlock) number in a video stream in a crafted movie file that triggers heap memory corruption, related to a "missing resync marker range check" and the (1) decoder_iframe, (2) decoder_pframe, and (3) decoder_bframe functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.51% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- xvid/xvid
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c
- http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c?r1=1.80&r2=1.81Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35274Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35156
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1468Vendor Advisory
- http://www.xvid.org/News.64.0.html?&cHash=0170b4e439&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=64&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7
- https://www.it-isac.org/postings/cyber/alertdetail.php?id=4634&selyear=2009&menutype=menupublic
- http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c
- http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c?r1=1.80&r2=1.81Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35274Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35156
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1468Vendor Advisory
- http://www.xvid.org/News.64.0.html?&cHash=0170b4e439&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=64&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7
- https://www.it-isac.org/postings/cyber/alertdetail.php?id=4634&selyear=2009&menutype=menupublic
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.