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CVE-2009-0893

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2009-06-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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

Xvid Xvid

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References