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CVE-2009-1533

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 35.6% 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-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Works for Windows document converters in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office 2007 SP1, and Works 8.5 and 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Works .wps file that triggers memory corruption, aka "File Converter Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2000-sp3, 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Office Xp: sp3
• Microsoft Works: 8.5, 9.0

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/06/09/ms09-024.aspx
• http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN70858401/index.html
• http://osvdb.org/54939
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35371
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35184
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022354
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022355
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1543
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-024
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6292
• http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/06/09/ms09-024.aspx

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