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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2496

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Office Web Components ActiveX Control in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office XP Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System,…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 29.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Office Web Components ActiveX Control in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office XP Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 and 2006 SP1, and Office Small Business Accounting 2006 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified parameters to unknown methods, aka "Office Web Components Heap Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
29.46% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
microsoft/biztalk server · microsoft/internet security and acceleration server · microsoft/office · microsoft/office web components · microsoft/visual studio .net
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.