CVE-2008-0011
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 31.6%EU EUVD
Microsoft DirectX 8.1 through 9.0c, and DirectX on Microsoft XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008, does not properly perform MJPEG error checking, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MJPEG stream in a (1) AVI or (2) ASF file, aka the "MJPEG Decoder Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 31.6% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0024)
- Published
- June 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0024 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / directx
- microsoft / directx
- microsoft / directx
- microsoft / directx
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows-nt
- microsoft / windows-nt
- microsoft / windows-nt
- microsoft / windows-nt
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2(Mailing List)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30579(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020222(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29581(Patch)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1780(Broken Link)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-033
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5236
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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