CVE-2009-1538

high

Description

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 performs updates to pointers without properly validating unspecified data values, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, aka "DirectX Pointer Validation Vulnerability."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5963

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35600

http://osvdb.org/55844

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-07-15

Updated: 2019-02-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High