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CVE-2009-0087

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 25.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Word: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://osvdb.org/53662
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022043
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5799
• http://osvdb.org/53662
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022043
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5799

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