CVE-2009-0227
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of structures in sound data in a file…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of structures 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-2009-0226, and CVE-2009-1137.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 35.72% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/office powerpoint
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 35.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787
- http://osvdb.org/54384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32428Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6239
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787
- http://osvdb.org/54384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32428Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6239
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.