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CVE-2009-0084

N/A

Published: April 15, 2009 at 03:49 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorDirectxWindows XpWindows Server 2003

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 32%

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and 9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MJPEG file or video stream with a malformed Huffman table, which triggers an exception that frees heap memory that is later accessed, aka "MJPEG Decompression Vulnerability."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Directx · Microsoft

95%

8.1 9.0 9.0a 9.0b 9.0c

microsoft-windows-2000 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)

Windows 2000 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Server 2003 · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Windows Xp · Microsoftdevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-011

References (10)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/53632

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/34665

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-132.htm

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/ms-directx-mjpeg-adv.txt

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34460

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022040

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1025

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-94

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