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CVE-2009-2500

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2, Office Project 2002 SP1, Visio 2002 SP2, Office Word Viewer, Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3, Office Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3, Office Excel Viewer, Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Gold, SP1, and SP2, Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2, Expression Web, Expression Web 2, Groove 2007 Gold and SP1, Works 8.5, SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SP3, Report Viewer 2005 SP1, Report Viewer 2008 Gold and SP1, and Forefront Client Security 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF image file, aka "GDI+ WMF Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft .NET Framework: 1.1-sp1, 2.0-sp1, 2.0-sp2
• Microsoft Excel Viewer: 2003, 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Expression Web: 2
• Microsoft Forefront Client Security: 1.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6-sp1
• Microsoft Office: 2003-sp3, 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2, xp
• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack: 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Office Excel Viewer: all versions
• Microsoft Office Groove: 2007, 2007-sp1
• Microsoft Office Powerpoint Viewer: 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2
• Microsoft Office Word Viewer: all versions
• Microsoft Platform Sdk: all versions
• Microsoft Project: 2002-sp1
• Microsoft Report Viewer: 2005-sp1, 2008, 2008-sp1
• Microsoft SQL Server: 2005-sp2, 2005-sp3
• Microsoft Sql Server Reporting Services: 2000-sp2
• Microsoft Visio: 2002-sp2
• Microsoft Visual Foxpro: 8.0-sp1, 9.0-sp2
• Microsoft Visual Studio: 2008, 2008-sp1
• Microsoft Visual Studio .Net: 2003-sp1, 2005-sp1
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions
• Microsoft Word Viewer: 2003, 2003-sp3
• Microsoft Works: 8.5

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-062
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5967
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-062
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5967

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