CVE-2009-0100: microsoft office Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-0100 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 28.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 15-04-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer and Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 do not properly parse the Excel spreadsheet file format, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted spreadsheet that contains a malformed object with "an offset and a two-byte value" that trigger a memory calculation error, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
28.83%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 28.83% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Microsoft3 products
- office2004 | 2008
- office_excel2000:sp3 | 2002:sp3 | 2003:sp3 | 2007:sp1
- office_excel_viewer2003:sp3
1 vendor · 3 products
References
8 links- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-16.htmlX Refsource MISC
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-009Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6043VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL