CVE-2009-1545

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.6% 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-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Avifil32.dll in the Windows Media file handling functionality 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 malformed header in a crafted AVI file, aka "Malformed AVI Header 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://secunia.com/advisories/36206
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35967
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022711
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2233
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-038
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5412
http://secunia.com/advisories/36206
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35967
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022711
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2233

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