CVE-2009-0901
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.366 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (50)
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- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspxenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35967enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36187enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36746enisa_euvd
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1enisa_euvd
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.htmlenisa_euvd
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