CVE-2009-1537

N/A Unknown
Published: May 29, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://osvdb.org/54797
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35268
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028
Source: secure@microsoft.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237
Source: secure@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/54797
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/35268
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
68.1%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft