CVE-2009-0224
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and 2007 SP1 and SP2; PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Works 8.5 and 9.0; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 do not properly validate PowerPoint files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple crafted BuildList records that include ChartBuild containers, which triggers memory corruption, aka "Memory Corruption 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-94
- EPSS score
- 30.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0232)
- 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-2009-0232 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / compatibility pack word excel powerpoint
- microsoft / compatibility pack word excel powerpoint
- microsoft / office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
- microsoft / office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
- microsoft / office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint
- microsoft / office powerpoint viewer
- microsoft / office powerpoint viewer
- microsoft / office powerpoint viewer
- microsoft / open xml file format converter
- microsoft / powerpoint
- microsoft / powerpoint
- microsoft / works
- microsoft / works
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=793
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32428
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34879
- 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
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-017
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6023
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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