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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…
High10.0EPSS 6.5%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
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References (7)
- 35274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1468 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://www.it-isac.org/postings/cyber/alertdetail.php?id=4634&selyear=2009&menutype=menupublic (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 35156 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c?r1=1.80&r2=1.81 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.xvid.org/News.64.0.html?&cHash=0170b4e439&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=64&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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