CVE-2008-1912

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Divx Player: through 6.7

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29780
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490898/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28799
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019921
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1235/references
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5453
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5492
http://secunia.com/advisories/29780
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490898/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28799
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019921
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1235/references

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