CVE-2009-2495

Description

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control that triggers a buffer over-read, related to ATL headers and buffer allocation, aka "ATL Null String Vulnerability."

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 42.54% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory microsoft.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2034 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7573 signature vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004997&sliceId=1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6478 signature vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-035 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6305 signature vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126592505426855&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36374 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36746 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35967 third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-195A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-060 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2495?
CVE-2009-2495 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2495?
To fix CVE-2009-2495, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2495 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2495 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~43% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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