9.3

CVE-2009-0222: microsoft office_powerpoint Code Injection

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
Published 12-05-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0222 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft office_powerpoint. EPSS estimates a 31.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
31.63%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-05-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, leading to a "pointer overwrite" and memory corruption, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0223, CVE-2009-0226, CVE-2009-0227, and CVE-2009-1137.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

31.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 31.63% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
31.63%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Microsoft1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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