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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-1538

CVE-2009-1538

Description

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 performs updates to pointers without properly validating unspecified data values, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, aka "DirectX Pointer Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

8
  • Microsoft/Directx3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 2000
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2003
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Xp3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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References

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