Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2010-0250
CVE-2010-0250
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX, as used in the AVI Filter on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, and in Quartz on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted length field in an unspecified video stream, which is not properly handled by the RLE video decompressor, aka "DirectShow Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Affected products
15cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x32:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:-:x64:*:*:*:*:*
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
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- secunia.com/advisories/38511nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074167nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509472/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38112nvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-015/nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-013nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8064nvd
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