CVE-2009-0222: microsoft office_powerpoint Code Injection
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.
Timeline
- 12-05-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last 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 versionEPSS 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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Microsoft1 product
- office_powerpoint2000:sp3 | 2002:sp3 | 2003:sp3
1 vendor · 1 product
References
10 links- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MS
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6143VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource