Application movie file buffer overflow
| application-movie-bo (44655) |  High Risk |
Description:
Xvid is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when handling error conditions by the DirectShow component of the Xvid codec. By persuading a victim to set up a rendering pipeline, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 9.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Xvid (1.2.2 or later), available from the Xvid Web site. See References.
References:
- Xvid CVS Repository: Diff of /xvidcore/src/decoder.c.
- Xvid Web site: Xvid.org: Xvid 1.2.2 released.
- BID-35158: Xvid Video Codec DirectShow Initialization Logic Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-0894: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decoder_create function in the initialization functionality in xvidcore/src/decoder.c in Xvid before 1.2.2, as used by Windows Media Player and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the DirectShow (aka DShow) frontend and improper handling of the XVID_ERR_MEMORY return code during processing of a crafted movie file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Platforms Affected:
- Compaq Tru64
- Data General DG/UX
- IBM AIX
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- SCO SCO Unix
- Sun Solaris
- WindRiver BSDOS
- Xvid Xvid 1.1.2
- Xvid Xvid 1.1.3
- Xvid Xvid 1.2.1
- HP-UX
Reported:
May 09, 2009
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