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CVE-2009-1545
Unspecified vulnerability in Avifil32.dll in the Windows Media file handling functionality in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3,…
High9.3EPSS 28.6%
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- Updated
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- microsoft
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Avifil32.dll in the Windows Media file handling functionality 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 malformed header in a crafted AVI file, aka "Malformed AVI Header Vulnerability."
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)
- 28.6% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (5 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.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- 1022711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA09-223A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 36206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 35967 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS09-038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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