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CVE-2009-2498

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 21.2% 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

Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime 9.0, 9.5, and 11 and Windows Media Services 9.1 and 2008 do not properly parse malformed headers in Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .asf, (2) .wmv, or (3) .wma file, aka "Windows Media Header Parsing Invalid Free Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Media Foundation Sdk: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime: 9.0, 9.5, 11
• Microsoft Windows Media Services: 9.1, 2008
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• 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/TA09-251A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-047
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6257
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-251A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-047
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6257

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