RCE in Microsoft Compatibility Pack Word Excel Powerpoint
CVE-2009-0224
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Works 8.5 and 9.0; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly validate PowerPoint files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple crafted BuildList records that include ChartBuild containers, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.301 (98.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Compatibility_pack_word_excel_powerpoint — versions 2007
- Microsoft Office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
- Microsoft Office_powerpoint — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Office_powerpoint_viewer — versions 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Open_xml_file_format_converter
- Microsoft Powerpoint — versions 2004, 2008
- Microsoft Works — versions 8.5, 9.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_IDEFENSE, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)