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CVE-2009-0565

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 40.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; 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 malformed record that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2004, 2008
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007: all versions
• Microsoft Office Word: 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3, 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Office Word Viewer: 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter: all versions

References

• http://osvdb.org/54960
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8206
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35190
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1546
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-027
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6334
• http://osvdb.org/54960
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8206
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35190
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022356

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