CVE-2009-1537
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- May 29, 2009
- Updated
- May 21, 2026
- Reserved
- May 5, 2009
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 9.0c on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, as exploited in the wild in May 2009, aka "DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability."
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-158 Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- MS09-028vendor-advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6237vdb-entrysignature
- 35268third-party-advisory
- 1022299vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-1886vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-1445vdb-entry
- 54797vdb-entry
- 35139vdb-entry
- TA09-195Athird-party-advisory
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1537government-resource
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