VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-1537
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability51.36%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2009-05-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / DirectX
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."
Weakness classification
- CWE-158: Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Not Applicable
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- secure@microsoft.com — US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory