CVE-2008-0015
HIGH KEVMicrosoft Windows 2003 Server and XP - Remote Code Execution via MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX Control
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2008-0015 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added February 17, 2026.
EIP tracks 3 public exploits from researchers including Metasploit, David Kennedy (ReL1K), including a Metasploit module exploits/windows/browser/msvidctl_mpeg2.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a functional Metasploit exploit for CVE-2008-0015, targeting a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow (msvidctl.dll) via a crafted GIF file. It achieves remote code execution by overrunning a buffer in the BDATuner.MPEG2TuneRequest component.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CComVariant::ReadFromStream function in the Active Template Library (ATL), as used in the MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX control in msvidctl.dll in DirectShow, in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, as exploited in the wild in July 2009, aka "Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Vulnerability."
Exploits (3)
This is a functional Metasploit exploit for CVE-2008-0015, targeting a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow (msvidctl.dll) via a crafted GIF file. It achieves remote code execution by overrunning a buffer in the BDATuner.MPEG2TuneRequest component.
This exploit targets a heap spray vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 via the DirectShow (msvidctl.dll) component. It delivers a bind shell payload encoded with Shikata Ga Nai to achieve remote code execution.
This Metasploit module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow (msvidctl.dll) via a crafted GIF file, leading to arbitrary code execution. It targets Internet Explorer 6/7 on Windows XP SP2/SP3 by leveraging a buffer overflow in the BDATuner.MPEG2TuneRequest component.
References (21)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H