How severe is CVE-2008-0015?

CVE-2008-0015 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 76.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2008-0015: Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2026-02-17

Remediation due

2026-03-10

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
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

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CComVariant::ReadFromStream function in the Active Template Library (ATL), as used in the MPEG2TuneRequest ActiveX control in msvidctl.dll in DirectShow, in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page, as exploited in the wild in July 2009, aka "Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Vulnerability."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 17, 2026

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2008-0015 to the KEV catalog 6,069 days after its CVE record was published. The median for entries added in 2026 so far is 14 days.
It is one of 391 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 40 added in 2026.
Its current EPSS score (76.6%) is higher than that of 62% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

20 Links

Record Details

Published

2009-07-07

Last updated

2026-02-18

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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