{"id":"CVE-2009-0227","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-0227","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:44:35.979Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2009-05-12T22:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:04:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/office powerpoint"],"epss":{"score":0.35721,"percentile":0.98452,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/54384","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32428","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6239","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/54384","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32428","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6239","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0227","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}