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TI-2009-02381 Aliases CVE-2009-2493GHSA-xrpm-74v3-f6fq

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio…

Priority HIGH 67CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94 and CWE-264.

Summary

The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold and SP1, 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 properly restrict use of OleLoadFromStream in instantiating objects from data streams, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and bypassing security policies, aka "ATL COM Initialization Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.3776 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 16

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2005 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2008VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2008 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2008 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_c\+\+:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2008 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Microsoft
Show 6 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2003 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2005 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2008VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*2008 sp1VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2003:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2003 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2005 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2008 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2008:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2008 sp1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-2493
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xrpm-74v3-f6fq

References

Patch 2

Advisory 18

Other 10

  • TI-2004-00171 Buffer overflow in the JPEG (JPG) parsing engine in the Microsoft Graphic Device… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-00858 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-02383 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2010-03049 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2007-00819 The 64-bit versions of Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 standard library (MSVCR80.DLL) time… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

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