CVE-2008-0015

unknown KEV

Published 2026-02-17 · Modified 2026-02-17

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control contains a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Due date: 2026-03-10

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-16615 local windows verified

Metasploit · 2010-04-30

Microsoft DirectShow - 'msvidctl.dll' MPEG-2 Memory Corruption (MS09-032/MS09-037) (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-9108 remote windows verified

David Kennedy (ReL1K) · 2009-07-10

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Video - ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/msvidctl_mpeg2 rank 300

Microsoft DirectShow (msvidctl.dll) MPEG-2 Memory Corruption

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20110305211119/https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-032.mspx ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0015

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.