CVE-2009-0221

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 37.9% 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-189

Description

Integer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file containing a crafted record type for "collaboration information for different slides" that contains a field that specifies a large number of records, which triggers an under-allocated buffer and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Office Powerpoint: 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=796
http://osvdb.org/54394
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34835
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%3A6127
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=796
http://osvdb.org/54394
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428

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