CVE-2009-0893

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.it-isac.org/postings/cyber/alertdetail.php?id=4634&selyear=2009&menutype=menupublic

http://www.xvid.org/News.64.0.html?&cHash=0170b4e439&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=64&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1468

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35156

http://secunia.com/advisories/35274

http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-06-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06667