HIGH
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."
Published Apr 15, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 31.81%
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."
Affected products
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Configuration 1
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Running on/with
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Configuration 2
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
31.81% 0.31808
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.31808
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (30 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 31.81% (0.31808) | 98.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 31.81% (0.31808) | 98.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 61.58% (0.61578) | 98.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 58.09% (0.58092) | 98.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 62.41% (0.62411) | 98.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 58.97% (0.58972) | 98.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 62.41% (0.62411) | 98.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 58.97% (0.58972) | 98.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 64.63% (0.64625) | 97.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 58.97% (0.58972) | 98.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 9, 2025 | 59.80% (0.59802) | 97.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 4, 2025 | 61.79% (0.61789) | 97.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 66.30% (0.66299) | 98.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 60.80% (0.60804) | 97.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 67.25% (0.67250) | 98.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 69.12% (0.69119) | 98.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 71.98% (0.71976) | 98.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 76.10% (0.76096) | 98.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 78.39% (0.78385) | 97.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 83.17% (0.83167) | 98.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 88.26% (0.88262) | 98.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 87.15% (0.87146) | 97.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 15, 2022 | 49.76% (0.49756) | 98.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 13, 2022 | 55.10% (0.55095) | 98.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 9, 2022 | 57.79% (0.57789) | 98.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 60.01% (0.60013) | 98.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://osvdb.org/53632 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34665 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-132.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/ms-directx-mjpeg-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34460 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022040 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1025 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-011 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5618 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/53632 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34665 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-132.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.piotrbania.com/all/adv/ms-directx-mjpeg-adv.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34460 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022040 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1025 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-011 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5618 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Apr 15, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 8, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0084
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a