VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1538

CVSS score9.3 NONE
EPSS probability26.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-07-15
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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 performs updates to pointers without properly validating unspecified data values, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, aka "DirectX Pointer Validation Vulnerability."

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Primary references