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CVE-2009-1538

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Published: Jul 15, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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9.3
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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."

Affected (8)

Microsoft
4 products
Directx
Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows Xp
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Directx
Version 7.0
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Directx
Version 8.1
Configuration C
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Directx
Version 9.0
Windows 2000
All versions
Windows Server 2003
All versions
Microsoft
Windows Xp
All versions
Windows Xp
All versions
Windows Xp
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (12)

Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
US Government Resource
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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