CVE•Published 2009-05-29•Modified 2026-05-21•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2009-1537Microsoft · Directx
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the QuickTime Movie Parser Filter in quartz.dll in DirectShow in Microsoft DirectX 7.0 through 9.0c on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickTime media file, as exploited in the wild in May 2009, aka "DirectX NULL Byte Overwrite Vulnerability."
Timeline
Published 2009-05-29
Modified 2026-05-21
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag915 hosts
vuln:CVE-2009-1537Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Directx" version:"7.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Directx"HTTP body or banner mentions "Directx" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2009-1537Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2009-1537Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2009-1537Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2009-1537GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2009-1537" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.