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CVE-2009-0563: Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08
- EPSS: 59.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2009-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-787
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Word Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted tag containing an invalid length field, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Affected products
- Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp3, 2004, 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2, 2008 (+1)
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
- Microsoft Office Word Viewer: 2003-sp3
- Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions
References
- http://osvdb.org/54959
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35188
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1546
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-035
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6133
- http://osvdb.org/54959
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504204/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35188
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