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CVE-2009-0893

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0290%

EPSS Percentile41.35th

PublishedJun 2, 2009

Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Xvid

Xvid

<= 1.2.1

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Xvid

Xvid

= 1.1.0

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Xvid

Xvid

= 1.1.1

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Xvid

Xvid

= 1.1.2

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Xvid

Xvid

= 1.1.3

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Xvid

Xvid

= 1.2.0

References & Advisories

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

🔗 http://cvs.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi/xvidcore/src/decoder.c?r1=1.80&r2=1.81

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/35274

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

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

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

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

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

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