CVE-2009-1131: microsoft office_powerpoint

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1131 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in microsoft office_powerpoint. EPSS estimates a 35.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large amount of data associated with unspecified atoms in a PowerPoint file that triggers memory corruption, aka "Data Out of Bounds Vulnerability."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.