Upstream information
Description
The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and 2008 Gold, 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 prevent VariantClear calls on an uninitialized VARIANT, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed stream to an ATL (1) component or (2) control, related to ATL headers and error handling, aka "ATL Uninitialized Object Vulnerability."SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.3 | 
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | 
| Access Vector | Network | 
| Access Complexity | Medium | 
| Authentication | None | 
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete | 
| Integrity Impact | Complete | 
| Availability Impact | Complete | 
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2009:041, published Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +0000
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References | 
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | 
 | Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 GA flash-player-11.2.202.548-111.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 GA flash-player-11.2.202.548-111.1 | 
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | 
 | Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA flash-player-11.2.202.406-1.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 GA flash-player-11.2.202.406-1.3 | 
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 | 
 | Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 GA flash-player-11.2.202.548-111.1 | 
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 | 
 | Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 GA flash-player-11.2.202.406-1.3 | 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:48:42 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:41 2025
