CVE-2009-0227 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Office Powerpoint
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
67.8%
top 1.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 2
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 vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0