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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2495

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain…

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 34.3%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.3%, 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 SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control that triggers a buffer over-read, related to ATL headers and buffer allocation, aka "ATL Null String Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
34.30% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-126
Affected
microsoft/visual c\+\+ · microsoft/visual studio · microsoft/visual studio .net
Source
secure@microsoft.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.