Buffer overflow in Divx Player

CVE-2008-0090

A certain ActiveX control in npUpload.dll in DivX Player 6.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long argument to the SetPassword method.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.225 (97.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Divx Divx_player — versions 6.6.0
Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)