Buffer overflow in Divx Player
CVE-2008-1912
Stack-based buffer overflow in DivX Player 6.7 build 6.7.0.22 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a .SRT file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.117 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.117 · newest: 0.117 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1235/references (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28799 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490898/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/29780 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5453 (exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5492 (exploit)