CVE-2009-2506

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
74.6%
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: December 9, 2009 (6000 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-189

Affected Products

microsoft windows 2000microsoft windows server 2003microsoft windows xpmicrosoft office converter packmicrosoft office wordmicrosoft wordpadmicrosoft works

References

🔗 labs.idefense.com 🔗 support.avaya.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com