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CVE-2009-0225
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a…
High9.3EPSS 31.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 native file format, leading to improper "array indexing" and memory corruption, aka "PP7 Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 31.1% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (7 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5526 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Microsoft_PowerPoint_Array_Indexing_Code_Execution_Exploit_MS09_017_1290125.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
- 54388 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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
- 34880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- 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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-0225)Record last updated .