CVE-2009-1537
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite 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
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."
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
- 51% (percentile: 99) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-158
Affected products
microsoft: directx; microsoft: windows 2000; microsoft: windows 2003 server; microsoft: windows server 2003; microsoft: windows xp
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-97… Vendor Advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-… Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35268 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-0… Vendor Advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-97… Vendor Advisory
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-… Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35268 Vendor Advisory