CVE-2009-1537

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
68.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: May 29, 2009 (6194 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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."

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft directxmicrosoft windows 2000microsoft windows 2003 servermicrosoft windows server 2003microsoft windows xp

References

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