CVE-2009-0220

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 37.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPoint 4.0 importer (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted formatting data for paragraphs in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, related to (1) an incorrect calculation from a record header, or (2) an interget that is used to specify the number of bytes to copy, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office Powerpoint: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=790
http://osvdb.org/54386
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34833
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5610
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=790
http://osvdb.org/54386
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428

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