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CVE-2009-0901

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 36.61%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-07-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2009-0901
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
36.61%
Microsoft Windows

Original NVD Description

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, and Visual C++ 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1; and Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2; does not prevent VariantClear calls on an uninitialized VARIANT, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed stream to an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and error handling, aka "ATL Uninitialized Object Vulnerability."