CVE-2008-5259
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.7%EU EUVD
Integer signedness error in DivX Web Player 1.4.2.7, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DivX file containing a crafted Stream Format (STRF) chunk, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.7% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5236)
- Published
- April 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5236 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
- divx / divx web player
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33196(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-57/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502701/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34523
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022061
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1044(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49908
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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