CVE-2009-1537

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."

• CWE-158

• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspxVendor Advisory
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspxVendor Advisory
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481Not Applicable
• http://osvdb.org/54797Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35268Vendor Advisory
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspxPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139Broken Link
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299Broken Link
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237Broken Link
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971778-vulnerability-in-microsoft-directshow-released.aspxVendor Advisory
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-parsing.aspxVendor Advisory
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481Not Applicable
• http://osvdb.org/54797Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35268Vendor Advisory
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspxPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139Broken Link
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299Broken Link
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1886Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-028Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6237Broken Link
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1537US Government Resource

Published

May 29, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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