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CVE-2009-4309
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Intel Indeo41 codec for Windows Media Player in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 24.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Intel Indeo41 codec for Windows Media Player in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large size value in a movi record in an IV41 stream in a media file, as demonstrated by an AVI file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.1% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- 955759 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- 20091208 ZDI-09-089: Microsoft Windows Intel Indeo Codec Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ms-ie-indeo41-bo(54642) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1023302 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 37251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/954157.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 976138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-089/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 954157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 60855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ms-ie-content-code-execution(54645) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 37592 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-4277 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-4309)Record last updated .