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Xvid Buffer overflow Vulnerability (Windows) - Jun09
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host has Xvid installed, and is prone to Buffer Overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
- Inadequate sanitation of user supplied data in 'decoder_iframe', 'decoder_pframe' and 'decoder_bframe' functions in xvidcore/src/decoder.c and can be exploited by providing a crafted macroblock (aka MBlock) number in a video stream in a crafted movie file. - A boundary error in 'decoder_create' function n xvidcore/src/decoder.c can be exploited 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
Affected Software
Affected Software
Xvid before 1.2.2 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Xvid 1.2.2 or later.