CVE-2009-2495

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-02. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 42%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document with an ATL (1) component or (2) control that triggers a buffer over-read, related to ATL headers and buffer allocation, aka "ATL Null String Vulnerability."

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EPSS
98.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 29, 2009

Last Modified

May 27, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2009-2495(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2009-2495?
CVE-2009-2495 is a medium vulnerability published on July 29, 2009. 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 does not properly enforce string termination, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML…
When was CVE-2009-2495 disclosed?
CVE-2009-2495 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 29, 2009, with the most recent update on May 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2009-2495 actively exploited?
CVE-2009-2495 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2009-2495?
CVE-2009-2495 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2009-2495?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2009-2495, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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