CVE-2009-0221

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
67.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: May 12, 2009 (6210 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Integer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file containing a crafted record type for "collaboration information for different slides" that contains a field that specifies a large number of records, which triggers an under-allocated buffer and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-189

Affected Products

microsoft office powerpoint

References

🔗 labs.idefense.com 🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com