CVE-2009-1537
high · 8.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Added 2026-05-20Remediation due 2026-06-03
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."
8.8
CVSS
51.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2009-05-29
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-158
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | directx | 7.0 |
| microsoft | directx | 7.0a |
| microsoft | directx | 7.1 |
| microsoft | directx | 8.1 |
| microsoft | directx | 8.1b |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0 |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0a |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0b |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0c |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | all versions |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0 |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0a |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0b |
| microsoft | directx | 9.0c |
| microsoft | windows_2000 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_server_2003 | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all versions |
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References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
- http://osvdb.org/54797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35268
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
- http://osvdb.org/54797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35268
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2009-1537