CVE-2009-0223

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.0% 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-94

Description

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0222, CVE-2009-0226, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.

Affected products

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

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34834
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%3A6269
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34834
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290

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