CVE-2009-1537
Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2009-05-29 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.
- Published2009-05-29
- WeaknessCWE-158
Am I affected?
Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat sometimes backport a fix without changing the upstream version number: such a version reads « to verify », never « affected ».With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, as exploited in the wild in May 2009, aka "DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability."
Timeline
dates in UTCObserved activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2009-1537?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2009-1537?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | = 7.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 7.0 | = 7.0a | no fix published | NVD |
| 7.1 | = 7.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 8.1 | = 8.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 8.1 | = 8.1b | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0a | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0b | no fix published | NVD |
| 9.0 | = 9.0c | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
2 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- CISA’s required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.due 2026-06-03
Advisories and patches
- blogs.technet.comVendor Advisory
- blogs.technet.comVendor Advisory
- secunia.comVendor Advisory
- www.microsoft.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
- www.vupen.comVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2026-05-20
- Patch Due Date
- 2026-06-03
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
- Required Action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2009-05-29
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-16
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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