CVE-2009-1537

Published: May 29, 2009Updated: May 21, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo

8.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 9.0c on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, as exploited in the wild in May 2009, aka "DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-158

Affected Products

Microsoft Corp

commercial·USaka microsoft, microsoft corporation

DirectXOn-prem

Operating Systems / windows

windows 2000OS

Operating Systems / windows

windows 2003 serverOS

Operating Systems / windows

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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV:May 20, 2026

Remediation due:Jun 3, 2026

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Official Patch Available

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References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx

blogs.technet.com

http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx

blogs.technet.com

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481

isc.sans.org

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