CVE-2008-0015
CWE-119
97.6
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the CComVariant::ReadFromStream function in the Active Template Library (ATL), as used in the MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX control in msvidctl.dll in DirectShow, 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 crafted web page, as exploited in the wild in July 2009, aka "Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Vulnerability."
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 76.57%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Feb 2026
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- CWE-119, CWE-121
- Published
- 8 Jul 2009
- Last modified 21 Apr 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time