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CVE-2009-0893

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
02/06/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:xvid:xvid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:xvid:xvid:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xvid:xvid:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xvid:xvid:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xvid:xvid:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xvid:xvid:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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