CVE-2009-0563

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.596 · 99 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP0 · Act now
Exploitable?
Yes · in the wild
CISA KEV
Likely / severe?
59.6% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 9.3 · high
Is it mine?
11 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

added 2022-06-08remediate by 2022-06-22

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Office Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Word Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted tag containing an invalid length field, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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04

affected products (11)

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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published 2009-06-10modified 2026-06-16
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references (19)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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