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CVE-2009-1925

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The TCP/IP implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 does not properly manage state information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets to a listening service, and thereby triggering misinterpretation of an unspecified field as a function pointer, aka "TCP/IP Timestamps Code Execution Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-048
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6374
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-048
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6374

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