CVE-2008-1912
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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 11.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- DivX Player 6.7 - '.srt' File Subtitle Parsing Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5492local, windowspublished 24 Apr 2008Verified
- DivX Player 6.7.0 - '.srt' File Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5453dos, windowspublished 15 Apr 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 5453 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 5492 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.7% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- ADV-2008-1235 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080415 DIVX Player <= 6.7.0 Buffer Overflow PoC ( .SRT ) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019921 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 5453 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 5492 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1912 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-1912)Record last updated .