CVE-2009-4309

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Intel Indeo41 codec for Windows Media Player in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large size value in a movi record in an IV41 stream in a media file, as demonstrated by an AVI file.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
Microsoft Corporation Windows Media Player: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37592
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023302
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954157
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955759
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976138
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/954157.mspx
http://www.osvdb.org/60855
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508324/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37251
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3440
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-089/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54642

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