{"id":"CVE-2009-1538","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-1538","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:42:06.793Z","title":"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…","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.\"","published":"2009-07-15T15:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:07:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["microsoft/directx","microsoft/windows 2000","microsoft/windows server 2003","microsoft/windows xp"],"epss":{"score":0.2682,"percentile":0.98019,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/55844","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35600","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5963","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/55844","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35600","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5963","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1538","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}