CVE-2009-1537 on CISA KEV

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 medi

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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."

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

• blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/05/28/microsoft-security-advisory-971…
• blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/05/28/new-vulnerability-in-quicktime-p…
• isc.sans.org — http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6481
• osvdb.org — http://osvdb.org/54797
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/35268
• www.microsoft.com — http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971778.mspx
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35139
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022299
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1445

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

06Detection

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