CVE-2009-0901
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 36.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not prevent VariantClear calls on an uninitialized VARIANT, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed stream to an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and error handling, aka "ATL Uninitialized Object Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 36.61% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-457
- Affected
- microsoft/visual c\+\+ · microsoft/visual studio · microsoft/visual studio .net
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 36.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36746
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.htmlPatch
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.htmlPatch
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35832Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6289
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6311
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6373
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7581
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.