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CVE-2009-0221
Integer overflow in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint…
High9.3EPSS 37.9%
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- microsoft
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.9% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 34835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6127 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 54394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 32428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS09-017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1022205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA09-132A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20090512 Microsoft PowerPoint Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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