CVE-2009-0084

EXPLOITED

Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and 9.0 - Use-After-Free via Malformed MJPEG Huffman Table

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2009-0084 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

Description

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."

References (10)

Core 10

Core References

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/53632

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/34665

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022040

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1025

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5618

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-132.htm

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34460

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-011

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/ms-directx-mjpeg-adv.txt

Scores

EPSS 0.3181

EPSS Percentile 98.1%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2012-10-18

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (5)

microsoft/directx 8.1

microsoft/directx 9.0

microsoft/directx 9.0a

microsoft/directx 9.0b

microsoft/directx 9.0c

Published Apr 15, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026