CVE-2009-0559: microsoft office Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0559 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 29.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-06-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3 and Office XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "String Copy Stack-Based Overrun Vulnerability."

• 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.