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CVE-2009-0894

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

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decoder_create function in the initialization functionality in xvidcore/src/decoder.c in Xvid before 1.2.2, as used by Windows Media Player and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the DirectShow (aka DShow) frontend and improper handling of the XVID_ERR_MEMORY return code during processing of a crafted movie file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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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