DivX DivX Player up to 6.7 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in DivX DivX Player up to 6.7. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1912. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DivX DivX Player up to 6.7. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in DivX Player 6.7 build 6.7.0.22 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long subtitle in a .SRT file.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2008. The weakness was disclosed 04/22/2008 by securfrog (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1912 since 04/21/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/31/2025).

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115781 (DivX Player .SRT "subtitle" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5737.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41839), Exploit-DB (5453), SecurityFocus (BID 28799†), OSVDB (44402†) and Secunia (SA29780†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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04/21/2008 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: securfrog
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1912 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1912
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42092
X-Force: 41839
SecurityFocus: 28799 - DivX Player .SRT 'subtitle' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29780
OSVDB: 44402 - DivX Player - .SRT 'subtitle' Remote Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019921
Vulnerability Center: 18204 - DivX Player Buffer Overflow via Subtitle Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1235

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/31/2025 21:51
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (64), 08/08/2019 16:37 (9), 10/21/2024 01:40 (18), 05/31/2025 21:51 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:C59:103

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