CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-2498

9.3 HIGH Published 2009-09-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-09-08
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime 9.0, 9.5, and 11 and Windows Media Services 9.1 and 2008 do not properly parse malformed headers in Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .asf, (2) .wmv, or (3) .wma file, aka "Windows Media Header Parsing Invalid Free Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows media format runtime 9.0 • microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows xp • microsoft windows media format runtime 9.5 • microsoft windows server 2003 • microsoft windows media format runtime 11 • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows vista • microsoft windows media services 9.1 • microsoft windows media services 2008 • microsoft media foundation sdk

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References