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Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.3
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2009-1537
Microsoft DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Overview
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, as exploited in the wild in May 2009, aka "DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability."

Details
INFO

Published Date :

May 29, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 21, 2026, 12:57 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Microsoft DirectX contains a NULL byte overwrite vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file.

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Known Ransomware Campaign Use:

Unknown

Notes :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1537

Impact
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1537 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_2000
2 Microsoft windows_2003_server
3 Microsoft windows_server_2003
4 Microsoft windows_xp
5 Microsoft directx
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 5
Scoring
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Microsoft has released a set of patches for DirectX 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0.
References
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-1537.

URL Resource
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481 Not Applicable
http://osvdb.org/54797 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35268 Vendor Advisory
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299 Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237 Broken Link
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481 Not Applicable
http://osvdb.org/54797 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35268 Vendor Advisory
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299 Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237 Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1537 US Government Resource
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1537 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1537 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-1537 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-1537 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 21, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:professional:*:x64:*
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481 Types: Not Applicable
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481 Types: Not Applicable
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: http://osvdb.org/54797 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://osvdb.org/54797 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028 Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028 Types: Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237 Types: Broken Link
    Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1537 Types: US Government Resource
  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    May. 20, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2026-05-20
    Added Due Date 2026-05-20
    Added Required Action 2026-05-20
    Added Vulnerability Name 2026-05-20
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    May. 20, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-158
    Added Reference https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1537
  • Status Change by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspx
    Added Reference http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspx
    Added Reference http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/54797
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35268
    Added Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-028.mspx [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6237 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 01, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CVSS
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
EPSS
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

53.02 }} -2.47%

score

0.97996

percentile