CVE-2010-0250

Microsoft DirectShow - Remote Code Execution via Crafted AVI File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX, as used in the AVI Filter on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, and in Quartz on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted length field in an unspecified video stream, which is not properly handled by the RLE video decompressor, aka "DirectShow Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8064
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074167
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38112
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38511
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-015/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509472/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.3186
EPSS Percentile 98.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (5)
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (3 CPE variants)
Published Feb 10, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026