CVE-2009-2525: microsoft windows_media_format_runtime Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2525 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft windows_media_format_runtime. EPSS estimates a 23.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-10-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Runtime, as used in DirectShow WMA Voice Codec, Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder, and Audio Compression Manager (ACM), does not properly initialize unspecified functions within compressed audio files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted media file or (2) crafted streaming content, aka "Windows Media Runtime Heap Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.