RCE in Microsoft Directx
CVE-2009-0084
Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and 9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MJPEG file or video stream with a malformed Huffman table, which triggers an exception that frees heap memory that is later accessed, aka "MJPEG Decompression Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.318 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.318 · newest: 0.318 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Directx — versions 8.1, 9.0, 9.0a
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Xp
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/53632 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/34665 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1025 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5618 (signature, vdb-entry)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-132.htm
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34460 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-011 (vendor-advisory)
- www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/ms-directx-mjpeg-adv.txt