CVE-2009-1129

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 35.7% 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 95 importer (PP7X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an inconsistent record length in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 (PPT95) native file format, aka "PP7 Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1128.

Affected products

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

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=791
http://osvdb.org/54387
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34839
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%3A6176
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=791
http://osvdb.org/54387
http://secunia.com/advisories/32428

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