CVE-2008-1912

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-04-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1912 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.56%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1912

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5492 exploit_db edb 2008-04-24 Exploit-DB ↗
5453 exploit_db edb 2008-04-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1912

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-09 24.39% 23.56% -0.83%
2 2025-11-04 29.97% 24.39% -5.58%
3 2025-06-12 — 29.97% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1912

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1912

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
divx divx_player <= 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:divx:divx_player:*:build_6.7.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1912

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