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CVE-2009-0901

Published: Jul 29, 2009Updated: May 27, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
42.0%
Top 1.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not prevent VariantClear calls on an uninitialized VARIANT, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed stream to an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and error handling, aka "ATL Uninitialized Object Vulnerability."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-94CWE-457

Affected Products

n/an/a
visual c\+\+microsoft
On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
visual studiomicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
visual studio .netmicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html
adobe.com
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
sunsolve.sun.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35832
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 29, 2009
Last Updated
May 27, 2026

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