Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Powerpoint
CVE-2009-0226
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0222, CVE-2009-0223, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.348 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.348 · newest: 0.348 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office Powerpoint — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34881 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/32428 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6106 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)