CVE-2009-0220
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PowerPoint 4.0 importer (PP4X32.DLL) in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted formatting data for paragraphs in a file that uses a PowerPoint 4.0 native file format, related to (1) an incorrect calculation from a record header, or (2) an interget that is used to specify the number of bytes to copy, aka "Legacy File Format Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 37.1% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0228)
- Published
- May 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0228 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=790
- http://osvdb.org/54386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32428(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34833
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022205
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-132A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1290(Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5610
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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