CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0015
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control contains a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-02-17
- Remediation due
- 2026-03-10
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- 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.
- Notes
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110305211119/https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-032.mspx ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0015
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2009-07-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119, CWE-121
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CComVariant::ReadFromStream function in the Active Template Library (ATL), as used in the MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX control in msvidctl.dll in DirectShow, in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, as exploited in the wild in July 2009, aka "Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows xp
Related
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx Broken Link
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/55651 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 Broken Link
- http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 Exploit
- http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180513 US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-187A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 Broken Link
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 Broken Link
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx Broken Link
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/55651 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 Broken Link
- http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 Exploit
- http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180513 US Government Resource
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-187A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 Broken Link
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-0015 US Government Resource