National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0084
Original release date:04/15/2009
Last revised:06/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and 9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an MJPEG file or video stream with a malformed Huffman table, which triggers an exception that frees heap memory that is later accessed, aka "MJPEG Decompression Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-104A
Name: TA09-104A
External Source: MS
Name: MS09-011
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1025
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022040
External Source: BID
Name: 34460
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/ms-directx-mjpeg-adv.txt
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-132.htm
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34665
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 53632
