Heap overflow

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodercreate function in the initialization functionality in xvidcore/src/decoder.c in Xvid before 1.2.2, as used by Windows Media Player and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the DirectShow aka DShow...

CVE-2009-0894

CVE-2009-0894 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the decoder_create function of Xvid’s initialization code (xvidcore/src/decoder.c) affecting Xvid before 1.2.2. The issue, noted in multiple feeds (NVD, Red Hat, Debian/Ubuntu trackers), is triggered during processing of a crafted movie file...