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CVE-2009-1538

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 26.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-07-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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 products

• Microsoft Directx: 7.0, 8.1, 9.0
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://osvdb.org/55844
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35600
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5963
• http://osvdb.org/55844
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35600
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5963

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