Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-2495
CVE-2009-2495
Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control that triggers a buffer over-read, related to ATL headers and buffer allocation, aka "ATL Null String Vulnerability."
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2005:sp1_redistribution_pkg:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2005:sp1_redistribution_pkg:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2008:redistribution_pkg:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2008:sp1_redistribution_pkg:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2005 SP1, 2008 Gold and SP1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2005:sp1:64_bit_hosted_visual_c\+\+_tools:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2003 SP1, 2005 SP1, 2008 Gold and SP1
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_.net:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
16- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35967nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/36374nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/36746nvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.htmlnvd
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/support/viewContent.donvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6305nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6478nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7573nvd
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