⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-06-08. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-06-22. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..
CVE-2009-0563 — Out-of-bounds Write in Microsoft Office
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
79.9%
top 0.90%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-06-08
Due 2022-06-22
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedJun 10
KEV addedJun 8
KEV dueJun 22
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Word Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted tag containing an invalid length field, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vul…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-f5c7-c9q4-9h6j: Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File F↗2022-05-02
CVEList▶
CVE-2009-0563: Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File F↗2009-06-10