CVE-2009-2498

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-94 Code Injection

Publication date:

08/09/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime 9.0, 9.5, and 11 and Windows Media Services 9.1 and 2008 do not properly parse malformed headers in Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .asf, (2) .wmv, or (3) .wma file, aka "Windows Media Header Parsing Invalid Free Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:9.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:professional_x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:9.5::x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:professional_x64:::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x32:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x64:::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:9.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:professional_x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:9.5::x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:professional_x64:::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_media_format_runtime:11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x32:::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x64:::::*

CVE-2009-2498

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools