CVE-2008-0020

Microsoft Video ActiveX - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Load method in the IPersistStreamInit interface in the Active Template Library (ATL), as used in the Microsoft Video 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 unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption, aka "ATL Header Memcopy Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0015.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36187
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5850
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022712
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_iss
http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html

Scores

EPSS 0.3092
EPSS Percentile 98.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_2003_server (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (3 CPE variants)
Published Jul 07, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026