CVE-2009-1537

HIGH

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."

CVSS v3.1 Score

8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Published: 5/29/2009Modified: 5/21/2026

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References (27)

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspxVendor Advisoryhttp://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspxVendor Advisoryhttp://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481Not Applicablehttp://osvdb.org/54797Broken Linkhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35268Vendor Advisoryhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspxPatchVendor Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139Broken Linkhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299Broken Linkhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlUS Government Resourcehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445Vendor Advisoryhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886Vendor Advisoryhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028Vendor Advisoryhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237Broken Linkhttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspxVendor Advisoryhttp://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspxVendor Advisoryhttp://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481Not Applicablehttp://osvdb.org/54797Broken Linkhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35268Vendor Advisoryhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspxPatchVendor Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139Broken Linkhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299Broken Linkhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlUS Government Resourcehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445Vendor Advisoryhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886Vendor Advisoryhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028Vendor Advisoryhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237Broken Linkhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1537US Government Resource