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CVE-2009-0102

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Microsoft Project 2000 SR1 and 2002 SP1, and Office Project 2003 SP3, does not properly handle memory allocation for Project files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed file, aka "Project Memory Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office Project: 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Project Portfolio Server: 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Project Server: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-074
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6298
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-074
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6298

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