CVE-2009-2495

Published: Jul 29, 2009Updated: May 27, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200

6.5MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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."

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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:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-200 CWE-126

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

visual c\+\+On-prem

Operating Systems / windows

visual studioOn-premDesktop App

DevTools & CI / ide-editor

visual studio .netOn-premDesktop App

DevTools & CI / ide-editor

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Exploitability

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References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2

marc.info

http://secunia.com/advisories/35967

secunia.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/36374

secunia.com

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