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CVE-2009-2528

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.5% 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-94

Description

GDI+ in Microsoft Office XP SP3 does not properly handle malformed objects in Office Art Property Tables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Memory Corruption 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%3A6426
• 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%3A6426

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