CVE-2008-5259 describes a critical integer signedness error in DivX Web Player 1.4.2.7 and potentially earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious DivX file containing a specially formed Stream Format (STRF) chunk, which subsequently triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:divx:divx_web_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:divx:divx_web_player:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:divx:divx_web_player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:divx:divx_web_player:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:divx:divx_web_player:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.