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CVE-2009-0901 Detail

Description

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not prevent VariantClear calls on an uninitialized VARIANT, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed stream to an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and error handling, aka "ATL Uninitialized Object Vulnerability."


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Impact

Please refer to this link http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-035.mspx for mitigating factors and additional information.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35967 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36374 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36746 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35832 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 CVE, MITRE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035 CVE, MITRE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 CVE, MITRE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6289 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6311 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6373 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7581 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0901
NVD Published Date:
07/29/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE