CVE-2009-0202: microsoft office_powerpoint Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0202 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft office_powerpoint. EPSS estimates a 23.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-06-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Array index error in FL21WIN.DLL in the PowerPoint Freelance Windows 2.1 Translator in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and 2002 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Freelance file with unspecified "layout information" that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.