9.3crit

CVE-2008-1912in critical feed2 exploits

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 servic…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.7%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

11.73% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-5492 DivX Player 6.7 - '.srt' File Subtitle Parsing Buffer Overflow · local · 2008-04-24
  • EDB-5453 DivX Player 6.7.0 - '.srt' File Buffer Overflow (PoC) · dos · 2008-04-15

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/1235/references · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/28799 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/490898/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/29780 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1019921 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/5453 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/5492 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

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