CVE-2009-1537

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1537
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-29 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-26 14:04:00 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Directx 7.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 7.0a All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 7.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 8.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 8.1b All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0a All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0b All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0c All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 7.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 7.0a All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 7.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 8.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 8.1b All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0a All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0b All All All
Application Microsoft Directx 9.0c All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 professional_x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 professional_x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft DirectX DirectShow QuickTime Video Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft DirectShow QuickTime Parsing Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-195A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) : Microsoft Security Advisory 971778 Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Released CONFIRM blogs.technet.com Vendor Advisory
Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons. CONFIRM www.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Security Research & Defense : New vulnerability in quartz.dll Quicktime parsing CONFIRM blogs.technet.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft DirectX Bug in DirectShow QuickTime Parser Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Microsoft DirectShow vulnerability MISC isc.sans.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
54797 OSVDB osvdb.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-028 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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