CVE-2009-0901

Published Jul 29, 2009 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 36.6% KEV · Not listed
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."

Remediation

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Advisories

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References
Link Providers
http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35967 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36187 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36374 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36746 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-04.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-11.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35832 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2232 cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035 cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037 cve-icon cve-icon
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6289 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6311 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6373 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7581 cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-457
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
May 27, 2026, 3:34 PM
Reserved
Mar 14, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 29, 2009, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:06 PM