CVE-2009-0227
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.357 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PowerPoint 4.2 conversion filter (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of structures in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0222, CVE-2009-0223, CVE-2009-0226, and CVE-2009-1137.
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affected products (4)
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references (18)
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- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=787enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/54384enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32428enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34882enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017enisa_euvd
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