CVE-2008-0015

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."
References
Link Resource
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx Broken Link
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 Exploit
http://osvdb.org/55651 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 Broken Link
http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 Exploit
http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180513 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-187A.html US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 Broken Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 Third Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 Broken Link
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx Broken Link
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 Exploit
http://osvdb.org/55651 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 Broken Link
http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 Exploit
http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180513 US Government Resource
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 Broken Link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-187A.html US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 Broken Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 Third Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-0015 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Apr 2026, 18:41

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx - () http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx - Broken Link
References () http://osvdb.org/55651 - () http://osvdb.org/55651 - Broken Link
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 - Broken Link
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 - Broken Link
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 - Broken Link
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 - Broken Link
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 - Broken Link
References () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 - () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 - () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 - Broken Link
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 - Broken Link
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 - Broken Link
References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-0015 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-0015 - US Government Resource
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:*

17 Feb 2026, 21:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 9.3
v3 : unknown
v2 : 9.3
v3 : 8.8
CWE CWE-121
References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-0015 -

21 Nov 2024, 00:40

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx - () http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx -
References () http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 - Exploit () http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6733 - Exploit
References () http://osvdb.org/55651 - () http://osvdb.org/55651 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 -
References () http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 - Exploit () http://www.csis.dk/dk/nyheder/nyheder.asp?tekstID=799 - Exploit
References () http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html - Exploit () http://www.iss.net/threats/329.html - Exploit
References () http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180513 - US Government Resource () http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180513 - US Government Resource
References () http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx - Vendor Advisory () http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx - Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35558 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35585 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 - () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022514 -
References () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-187A.html - US Government Resource () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-187A.html - US Government Resource
References () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html - US Government Resource () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html - US Government Resource
References () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html - US Government Resource () http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html - US Government Resource
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 -
References () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 - () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-032 -
References () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 - () https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6333 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6363 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7436 -

Information

Published : 2009-07-07 23:30

Updated : 2026-06-16 22:48


NVD link : CVE-2008-0015

Mitre link : CVE-2008-0015

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-0015


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Products Affected

microsoft

  • windows_2003_server
  • windows_xp
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow