Buffer overflow in Xvid

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 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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.065 (93.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Xvid — versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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