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CVE-2009-1130

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 39.5% 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, and PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted structure in a Notes container in a PowerPoint file that causes PowerPoint to read more data than was allocated when creating a C++ object, leading to an overwrite of a function pointer, aka "Heap Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2004
• Microsoft Office Powerpoint: 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=794
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503454
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34840
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-020/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5961
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=794
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32428

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