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CVE-2009-1544

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Double free vulnerability in the Workstation service in Microsoft Windows allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a crafted RPC message to a Windows XP SP2 or SP3 or Server 2003 SP2 system, or cause a denial of service via a crafted RPC message to a Vista Gold, SP1, or SP2 or Server 2008 Gold or SP2 system, aka "Workstation Service Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: sp2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-041
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6286
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-041
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6286

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