CVE-2008-5259

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

Integer signedness error in DivX Web Player 1.4.2.7, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DivX file containing a crafted Stream Format (STRF) chunk, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Integer signedness error in DivX Web Player 1.4.2.7, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DivX file containing a crafted Stream Format (STRF) chunk, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2009-04-16 15:12:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-11 20:54:00

Affected Software

DivX Web Player

References

33196

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-57/

Vendor Advisory

20090415 Secunia Research: DivX Web Player Stream Format Chunk Buffer Overflow

34523

1022061

ADV-2009-1044

Vendor Advisory

divxwebplayer-strf-bo(49908)

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.