CVE-2009-2498
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 21.2%EU EUVD
Microsoft Windows Media Format Runtime 9.0, 9.5, and 11 and Windows Media Services 9.1 and 2008 do not properly parse malformed headers in Advanced Systems Format (ASF) files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .asf, (2) .wmv, or (3) .wma file, aka "Windows Media Header Parsing Invalid Free 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-94
- EPSS score
- 21.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2493)
- Published
- September 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2493 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / media foundation sdk
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows media format runtime
- microsoft / windows media format runtime
- microsoft / windows media format runtime
- microsoft / windows media format runtime
- microsoft / windows media services
- microsoft / windows media services
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2003
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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