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CVE-2008-0015: Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2026-02-17
• EPSS: 76.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CComVariant::ReadFromStream function in the Active Template Library (ATL), as used in the MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX control in msvidctl.dll in DirectShow, in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, as exploited in the wild in July 2009, aka "Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733
• http://osvdb.org/55651
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
• http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799
• http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180513
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-187A.html

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