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CVE-2009-2495
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 34.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2009-07-29 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-200
Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control that triggers a buffer over-read, related to ATL headers and buffer allocation, aka "ATL Null String Vulnerability."
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual C++: 2005-sp1_redistribution_pkg, 2008-redistribution_pkg, 2008-sp1_redistribution_pkg
- Microsoft Visual Studio: 2005-sp1, 2008, 2008-sp1
- Microsoft Visual Studio .Net: 2003-sp1
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
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