CVE-2008-0015
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- 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.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CComVariant::ReadFromStream function in the Active Template Library (ATL), as used in the MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX control in msvidctl.dll in DirectShow, in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, as exploited in the wild in July 2009, aka "Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Vulnerability."
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 77% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-119, CWE-121
Affected products
microsoft: windows 2003 server; microsoft: windows xp
References
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 Exploit
- http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 Exploit
- http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html Exploit
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 Exploit
- http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 Exploit
- http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html Exploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s… Broken Link
- http://osvdb.org/55651 Broken Link