Microsoft DirectShow Quicktime Atom Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability

July 14th, 2009
ZDI-09-045 ZDI-CAN-389

CVE ID

CVE-2009-1539

CVSS Score

None None

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

Affected Products

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required in that a target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious video file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of the length records of certain QuickTime atoms. The application implicitly trusts the length during a transformation which will lead to memory corruption and can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current user.

Additional Details

Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-028.mspx

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2008-09-23 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2009-07-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Anonymous

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