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CVE-2008-0020

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0020 is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability within the Active Template Library (ATL) IPersistStreamInit interface, specifically in the Microsoft Video ActiveX control (msvidctl.dll) used by DirectShow. This flaw affects various Microsoft Windows versions, including Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista, and Server 2008. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is a critical vulnerability allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3092 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.technet.com / srd/archive/2009/08/11/ms09-037-why-we-are-using-cve-s-already-used-in-ms09-035.aspx
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-037
secunia.com / advisories/36187
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5850
iss.net / threats/329.html
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-223A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2232
PatchVendor Advisory