CVE-2009-2506
highpriority · attend · 48EPSS 0.312 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft office converter packall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_converter_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft windows server 2003all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834enisa_euvd
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070184enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37216enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5846enisa_euvd
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834nvd
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070184nvd
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